Cheap Cancer Drug Finally Tested In Humans

Posted by timothy on Thursday May 13, 2010 @09:16AM from the good-enough-for-the-likes-of-you dept.

John Bayko writes "Mentioned on Slashdot a couple of years ago, the drug dichloroacetate (DCA) has finally finished its first clinical trial against brain tumors in humans. Drug companies weren't willing to test a drug they could not patent, so money was raised in the community through donations, auctions, and finally government support, but the study was still limited to five patients. It showed extremely positive results in four of them. This episode raises the question of what happens to all the money donated to Canadian and other cancer societies, and especially the billions spent buying merchandise with little pink ribbons on it, if not to actual cancer research like this."

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Re:Cheap Dancer Drug by kyrio · 2010-05-13 09:37 · Score: 0, Offtopic

There is no irony. It's a meme and you failed at life.
Re:Cheap Dancer Drug by twidarkling · 2010-05-13 11:59 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Oh my, YOU haven't heard of a meme, so therefore it must not be common?! *gasp* how the FUCK could I have been so blind? Toss off, you arrogant fuck. It's a dirt-old meme, and more common than your mom's phone number in bathroom stalls. And I believe that since you practically live online, YOU fail at life.
(And I'm aware that ranting at an AC also puts me in running for that failure, but I'm comfortable with that)

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