Cancer cure potentially found

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The TL;DR of this is that Plasmodium parasites carry malaria, and when the malaria is bound to a cancer-killing toxin to the malaria protein, they tested it on cancer cells, and in all the tests they've performed, they've had a 90 percent success rate. On the negative side, it destroys placenta like thirty shots of alcohol destroys your liver, so pregnant women with cancer get to say goodbye to any unborn children. Luckily, the altered malaria protein doesn't affect non-cancerous cells.

Tags: cancer | malaria | Cure

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Submitted:	10/16/2015

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#2 - njall (10/16/2015) [-]

The cure for a horrible disease was inside another horrible disease all along.
**** you, Nature, why you so scary?

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#1 - catsbats (10/16/2015) [-]

Just in time for total biscuit!

#25 to #1 - zaxzwim ONLINE (10/17/2015) [-]

so he has cancer again?

#11 to #1 - fasthink (10/17/2015) [-]

lolno

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#29 to #11 - anon (10/17/2015) [-]

We know dude, but it's nice to think he might have a chance if he can hang on long enough.

#28 to #11 - silverzepher (10/17/2015) [-]

Survival is 5 years with treatment isn't it?

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#16 to #11 - catsbats (10/17/2015) [-]

oh, **** !

#4 to #1 - crispykingpin ONLINE (10/16/2015) [-]

I had the same exact thought.

If this really is true, and I hope it is. Cancer might actually become easily treatable.

#9 - mechanicexplain (10/17/2015) [-]

Literally the backstory to "I Am Legend".

#13 - legnak (10/17/2015) [-]

I dunno guys, I am Legend had a pretty similar situation.

#14 to #13 - supahsayin [OP]ONLINE (10/17/2015) [-]

and we even have will smith too

damn aint nature just crazy?

#27 - meganinja (10/17/2015) [-]

It's just like how if you take out all of your blood you can get rid of HIV.

#5 - supahsayin [OP]ONLINE (10/17/2015) [-]

www.medicaldaily.com/malaria-parasite-cancer-cure-weve-been-looking-accidental-discovery-displays-357302
well, the link in the post is clearly not the one I read. Here's the actual post/source.

#20 to #5 - supahsayin [OP]ONLINE (10/17/2015) [-]

And I'll be posting more articles to back this up
www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/300939.php
www.cell.com/cancer-cell/abstract/S1535-6108 (15)00334-7
www.spandidos-publications.com/ijo/18/4/767
oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA616972

#30 - oxidoferroso (10/17/2015) [-]

I mean, we have one of this groundbreaking discoveries every month...

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#26 - anon (10/17/2015) [-]

ITT: People who actually believe this is a 'cancer cure'.
ITT: People who actually believe cancer is worth more money than a cure.
This is very early days research with no clinically valid applications or research. Even if it works with 100% success rate on all cancers it would be at least 10 years before it's approved for use.

#24 - evilanakie (10/17/2015) [-]

#23 - samoaspider ONLINE (10/17/2015) [-]

>only downside is that it only harms pregnant women
>4 years wait time til testing on humans

Source: Salani A, Clausen, Agerbæk M Ø, et al. thats danish territory
Denmark, I am proud

#21 - deviousluchador ONLINE (10/17/2015) [-]

It all depends on the human trials. A lot of things kills cancer in the test tubes, even peppermint extract (i think that's what it is at least). Things act very differently in the body.

#17 - vorarephilia

(10/17/2015) [-]

but how is this different from all the other potential cures we've found?

#18 to #17 - supahsayin [OP]ONLINE (10/17/2015) [-]

From what I know, the reason we still have cancer as a big problem is that every person with cancer might need a different treatment. This, at least so far, in mice, has had about a ninety percent success rate when used to treat various types of cancers. Feel free to look this up more, whether or not it turns out to be the smoking gun of cancer. I'd rather be proven wrong than thought to be correct.

#19 to #17 - supahsayin [OP]ONLINE (10/17/2015) [-]

Also, certain forms of treatment themselves can **** you up. The one posted below talking about modified HIV cells can cause something called a "Cytokine Storm", which is potentially fatal by giving breathing difficulties and damaging organs.

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#15 - ymriar (10/17/2015) [-]

**ymriar used "*roll picture*"**
**ymriar rolled image**So they finally got rid of 9gag

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#12 - rainyeyes ONLINE (10/17/2015) [-]

**rainyeyes used "*roll picture*"**
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They actually have a lot of different forms of these pathogen cures for cancer.

Like the one where they modified HIV to fight cancer: www.theweek.co.uk/health-science/61311/how-modified-hiv-cells-are-being-used-to-treat-cancer

#10 - steckenrider (10/17/2015) [-]

It won't be released. Pharmaceutical companies can make much more money by making a treatment that you have to take multiple times, rather than a cure that you take once.

#22 to #10 - SoulCaster (10/17/2015) [-]

If a cure is found it will be released. They would mostly likely make it significantly more expensive and it would make them an absolute **** ton of money.

#8 - skyrimdovah (10/17/2015) [-]

This **** is spooky, cause my AP Government teach is kind of a conspiracy theorist, and he said something like this a few weeks ago. "Either there already is a cure for cancer, or there's going to be one real soon."