Cheap, Safe, Patentless Cancer Drug Discovered

Posted by Zonk on Monday February 5, 2007 @06:41PM from the an-age-of-medical-marvels dept.

PyroMosh writes "The New Scientist is reporting that researchers working at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada have discovered that an existing drug called dichloroacetate (DCA) is effective in killing cancer cells, while leaving the host's healthy cells unharmed. DCA has already been used for years to treat metabolic disorders, and is known to be fairly safe. Sounds like great news, is it too good to be true? Why is the mainstream news media failing to report on this potential breakthrough? The University of Alberta and the Alberta Cancer Board have set up a site with more info, where you can also donate to support future clinical trials."

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Everything can't be a conspiracy by gavink42 · 2007-02-05 18:54 · Score: 0, Flamebait

There are so many stories of "inventions" that are withheld because of some "money-hungry corporation". I'm sure there are some cases where this is indeed the case.

But, isn't it really more likely that the reason most of these things are not in common use (water-injected engine, free energy, miracle cancer drugs, etc) is because they truly don't work effectively?