June 04, 2021

Promising cancer treatment drug

Dana Mathewson

First of all, let me state for the record that Dr. Anthony Fauci has nothing to do with this!

The Cancer Moonshot May Have Just Taken Off Thanks to a Light-Activated 'Trojan Horse' Miracle Drug

Scottish researchers at the University of Edinburgh have tested a "Trojan Horseâ€ drug that can kill cancer cells and bacterial cells without damaging nearby tissues. Because cancer cells need to consume high amounts of food for energy to continue to reproduce, these researchers decided to target their eating habits, with very encouraging results:

Scientists at the University of Edinburgh combined the tiny cancer-killing molecule SeNBD with a chemical food compound to trick malignant cells into ingesting it.

The peer-reviewed experimental study was carried out on zebrafish and human cells, but researchers say more studies are needed to confirm if it is a safe and swift method of treating early stage cancer and drug-resistant bacteria.

The team combined a tiny cancer-killing molecule SeNBD and a chemical food compound that the insatiable cancer cells enjoy, creating a "metabolic warhead.â€ The combination prevents the cancer cells from identifying the threat and readily ingesting the SeNBD that seeks to destroy them in studies done to date. The deadly molecule is also a light-activated photosensitizer. This quality means it goes to work when a surgeon quite literally turns it on. Pretty ironic, given the media freak-out when President Trump posited that UV light might be a treatment for some illnesses.

The light-activated nature of the molecule may allow for unparalleled precision in treating tumors. It will permit surgeons to precisely place the poisoned food in the area where the cancer cells exist and activate them to work in the cancer cells they light up. Any of the medication that migrates into nearby tissues will not be activated, reducing the therapyâ€™s impact on healthy cells.

Read the rest here: https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/stacey-lennox/2021/06/03/the-cancer-moonshot-may-have-just-taken-off-thanks-to-a-light-activated-trojan-horse-miracle-drug-n1451828

I don't know about you, but every time I see a possible new treatment for cancer being developed, it makes me want to dance. Everyone who reads this site has, I'm sure, had a family member who has had a brush with cancer, and perhaps didn't survive the encounter. Our site's proprietor certainly knows how cancer can ravage a person and those people around him or her (I won't go into details, that's up to him if he wishes to provide them). My father died of lung cancer way too young. A musician associate of my wife's and mine beat down pancreatic cancer and it's in remission -- hooray!

So the above story -- it's an absorbing read -- is something I'm happy to post -- on Friday during Happy Hour.

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at 03:31 PM | Comments (26) | Add Comment
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1 The language in the article is highly suspect. It certainly was not written by anyone with any knowledge of science. What scientist would "decide to target a cellâ€™s eating habits?â€ What kind of cell, cancer or otherwise, has "eating habitsâ€ or any other kind of habit? Like swearing, maybe?

The idea that a scientist would try to "trick malignant cells into ingestingâ€ something is sort of absurd, almost as much so as the idea that a substance could "prevent the cancer cells from identifying the threat and readily ingestingâ€ it.

Then thereâ€™s the magic lighting up of the tumor because "any of the medication that migrates into nearby tissues will not be activated.â€ Really? How will the medication know that it is not inside a tumor?

Posted by: Bill H at June 04, 2021 11:44 PM (/sW5m)

2 Bill I agree, but this was a Pajama Media article and not a science article, and the writer doesn't use that sort of language (I was a Pajamas Media writer myself for a short while) because he's writing for a general audience.

Still, you do have a valid point, and one wonders how close this thing actually is to being implementable.

I earnestly hope it is real and close as my own wife is in a battle with cancer right now with less than a 50% five year survival chance.

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at June 05, 2021 06:44 AM (ED9yk)

3 BTW Bill I wrote articles in a more technical manner for PJM and they sent them back for rewrites - they didn't like a lot of technical jargon in them.

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at June 05, 2021 06:45 AM (ED9yk)

4 That is GREAT news Dana! Let's hope it's true - and that it works and is implemented in a timely fashion.

When they give a person a PET scan the cancer cells light up. Why? The PET scan lights up in the presence of glucose, and the cancer is sucking up all the body's glucose. It's why my wife, who is type II diabetic, has had little in the way of blood sugar highs; the cancer sucked it all down.

So basically this plan is much like the battle plan I use against my little mouse friends; put out poison and wait for the little love children to gobble it up. I have only killed a dozen or so mice with traps but a LOT more with the poison, I'm sure, and my mouse problem has abated to a large degree. This is the exact same tactic.

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at June 05, 2021 06:49 AM (ED9yk)

5 I hear you Timothy. My wife sees the oncologist for the 4-year anniversary of the end of chemo for uterine cancer. So far so good, and in one more year the odds turn in her (our) favor very sharply. Still, I read the article, and it sounds like nonsense. Hopefully, its the idiot writing the article who makes it sound that way, but "dumbing it down for the uneducated masses" is not journalism.

Posted by: Bill H at June 05, 2021 08:54 AM (/sW5m)

6 Glad to hear your wife is doing good Bill! Cancer really, really sucks.

I hope your wife continues to do well. I'll say a prayer for her.

I get that. The author really should have been more precise with his wording in that article. It does read more like one of those ads for holistic healing programs or whatnot than a bit of science.

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