k_mac wrote: » OMG. Cork has cured cancer. We'll never hear the end of this. It'll probably be linked to Roy Keane in some way.http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0413/cancer.html
Scientists at a Cork research centre claim they may have found a better way of treating cancer than chemotherapy, instead using bacteria commonly found in pro-biotic yoghurt. Their breakthrough has been hailed as being at the cutting-edge of science by an international expert in the treatment of cancer. The Cork Cancer Research Centre was set up ten years ago to develop treatments for secondary cancer and scientists there say they have found that bacteria commonly found in pro-biotic yoghurt can carry cancer-killing genes from the gut to grow inside cancerous tumours elsewhere in the body, where they pump out anti-cancer agents as they grow.
TheZohan wrote: » Why such a snide remark for a topic so serious? Article for those that have a genuine interest:
dlofnep wrote: » It's just for treatment - Does that constitute as a cure?
kowloon wrote: » The yoghurt companies will use this to back up their dubious claims though. Actimel science my ****.
k_mac wrote: » Why so serious for a subject which should bring joy? Why be on AH forum if you can't have fun?
cafecolour wrote: » So what's the ultimate cancer fighting meal now? Chopped cabbage and broccoli covered with yogurt and flavored with turmeric?
SugarHigh wrote: » No one has claimed pro-biotic yoghurt will cure cancer. The article say's that it could be used to transport a cancer killing agent.
Ghost Train wrote: » Yop
SugarHigh wrote: » Didn't cancer overtake heart disease as being the biggest killer in the world?
Possible cancer breakthrough in Cork Scientists at a Cork research centre claim they may have found a better way of treating cancer than chemotherapy, instead using bacteria commonly found in pro-biotic yoghurt.
SugarHigh wrote: » Didn't cancer overtake heart disease as being the biggest killer in the world? With heart surgery advancing very quickly recently(There are robots being developed that can perform heart surgery) and cancer getting better treatment this will make over population an even bigger threat. It sounds ****ed up to think of it that way but it's true that people need to die.
sam34 wrote: » two very important words highlighted above!
sock puppet wrote: » It's not a problem if all you're concerned about is population. People will live longer, leading to a once off increase in the Earth's population. And that's assuming that people in the developing world will have access to these treatments, which they almost certainly won't. Then you have to consider that most people who get cancer are old and therefore unable to reproduce, so an increase in the number of elderly people would have no effect on the birthrate.
Voltwad wrote: » Is Cork cancer the same as regular cancer?