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[earthman]

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 22 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that many cancer cells are equipped with a kind of suicide pill: a protein on their surfaces that gives them the ability to send an "eat me" signal to immune cells.

The challenge now, the researchers say, is to figure out how to coax cancer cells into emitting the signal rather than a dangerous "don't eat me" signal.

A study published online Dec. 22 in Science Translational Medicine reports that the cells send out the enticing "eat me" signal by displaying the protein calreticulin. But another molecule, called CD47, allows most cancer cells to avoid destruction by sending the opposite signal: "Don't eat me."

In earlier research, Stanford University School of Medicine scientists found that an antibody that blocks CD47 -- turning off the signal -- could help fight cancer, but mysteries remained.

"Many normal cells in the body have CD47, and yet those cells are not affected by the anti-CD47 antibody," Mark Chao, a Stanford graduate student and the study's lead author, said in a university news release. "At that time, we knew that anti-CD47 antibody treatment selectively killed only cancer cells without being toxic to most normal cells, although we didn't know why."

Now, the new research has shown that calreticulin exists in a variety of cancers, including some types of leukemia, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and bladder, brain and ovarian cancers. "This research demonstrates that the reason that blocking the CD47 'don't eat me' signal works to kill cancer is that leukemias, lymphomas and many solid tumors also display a calreticulin 'eat me' signal," Dr. Irving Weissman, director of the Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine and a co-principal investigator of the study, said in the release. "The research also shows that most normal cell populations don't display calreticulin and are, therefore, not depleted when we expose them to a blocking anti-CD47 antibody."

The next step is to understand how calreticulin works. "We want to know how it contributes to the disease process and what is happening in the cell that causes the protein to move to the cell surface," Dr. Ravindra Majeti, an assistant professor of hematology and study co-principal investigator, said in the release.

"Any of these mechanisms offer potential new ways to treat the disease by interfering with those processes," Majeti said.

[Day_Tripper]

This is interesting, but the cancer industry doesn't want to cure cancer.  They make too much money on it.  Even if a pill was created that cured cancer, it would soon be outlawed by the FDA.

[lashmar]

Exactly DT, they have no need to because thats now they make their money.

[4Etznab]

I also believe it is as DT says. This Doctor has been doing this for 20 years or so, I heard somewhere that he had treated an advanced stage lung cancer patient back then who's cancer had completely resolved, yet few have even heard of the procedure. You will notice that his book came out in 07'! I for one will chose this method for myself or a family member, should the need ever arise! Where's the downside?
 I don't wish to mislead anyone with my unsubstantiated opinion, I have included several links for your own study if you should so chose. I would like to hear others thoughts on the process though, if anyone is interested. I do find it fascinating, almost like something you could do at home...
 


Treating Cancer & Destroying Tumors w/ Baking Soda (Sodium Bicarbonate): Is Cancer “Just a Fungus”?

by Healing Cancer Naturally © August 2007 & January 2009
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An Italian oncologist, Dr. Tullio Simoncini, has devised a simple, very inexpensive and apparently frequently effective cancer treatment centered around the use of sodium bicarbonate, taken orally or by infusion. This baking soda treatment is based on the revolutionary thesis that "Cancer Is a Fungus" (also the title of Dr. Simoncini's book). Sodium bicarbonate administered directly on the neoplastic masses is said to destroy the fungal colonies lying at the “heart” of the tumor. Additionally, according to Dr. Tullio Simoncini, this baking soda treatment could even be self-applied in certain types of cancer, i.e. if the cancer is limited to the organ (not infiltrating the confined [probably meaning “surrounding/adjacent”] tissue, for example in the oral cavity, oesophagus, stomach, intestine, rectum. The supervision of a doctor, however, is indicated. In all other cases the assistance of a doctor is mandatory (to administer the infusions etc.).
http://www.healingcancernaturally.com/sodium-bicarbonate-treatment.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=HQuODiMlUsc

[Day_Tripper]

I've heard about the baking soda thing.  I believe it is possible that it comes from the alkaline/acid diet.  The theory is that the more alkaline you make your body, through diet, the healthier you are and that disease cannot live in an alkaline body.

Ugh, looked for a good site about this and got a bunch of marketing crap.  If you look around enough, you can find a few charts about what is alkaline vs acid.  It's been a few years since I looked into this.  Some of the foods I remember that are alkaline are, (believe it or not) lemon, apple cider vinegar, berries, vegetables.  Acid are milk, beef, smoking, some legumes (forget which ones).  But, keep in mind the charts differ depending on who is writing them.  But yes, baking soda can also help to make the body alkaline.

There are other diets regarding cancer.  When my roommate had cancer I was intrigued by similarities of Weston A Price and a scientist out of Germany.  Sorry, I forgot her name.  Both had stories about going into death beds, cat. 5 cancers (as we'd call them today) and healing many of them.  Weston Price's "cure" was cod liver oil and butter.  The German scientist's was flax seed and cottage cheese.  I said hummm...cod liver oil and flax seed are both sources of Omega 3s.  Butter and cottage cheese are both fats/proteins.  I personally wonder if that means something with the Omega 3s and fat.  Just my own take.

Here is the Weston A Price foundation website: http://www.westonaprice.org/

If you look hard enough you can find the diet with cottage cheese and flax.

Another thing they had in common was enemas.  I know, sounds gross today, but we're talking old school medicine.  Maybe it worked?

And yet another diet I've heard of, I believe it is here on this site somewhere, which talks about juicing.  Check the health section, I'm sure Toppy posted it and I commented on it.  They're not allowed to practice in the US, but operate in Mexico and several other Countries.  Yet again, (if I'm not remembering wrong) they practice enemas.  That one was interesting.  The Dr. who started that diet was trying to get rid of migraines for himself.  He succeeded, but also found that this diet helped many other ailments such as cancer.  They're pretty much a vegan diet with lot's of whole raw foods and juice.

I'll try to find a like to some lists about alkaline foods that aren't trying to sell something.

[Day_Tripper]

Found a pdf chart of the alkaline food theory.

http://www.thewolfeclinic.com/pdf/Alkaline_Food_Chart.pdf

[Day_Tripper]

Found a link the the Budwig diet, the German scientist I was talking about:

http://www.cancertutor.com/Cancer/Budwig.html

[Day_Tripper]

Here is the Gerson diet (the vegan one and they do do enemas too).

http://www.gerson.org/

They have youtube videos talking about it too if you want to search it.

My thought is that there is a commonality between all these diets that make them work.  I'm seeing fresh raw veggies as the main diet, Omega 3's, healthy fats and enemas.  Just my 2 cents.

[lashmar]

Bollocks...internet dies again for a few days and I have more links to read. lol.

Hey 4Et, how've you been?

[4Etznab]

Hi Lash
 It's great to hear from you all has been well I'm still on this side of the grass. Thank you for asking! How are things for you? I've thought of you many times over the last year, one of my eldest boys (he a twin,ergo the one of the eldest remark) is in the USAF and has been in G.B. for the last 8 months or so. He is to the Northeast of London in a town called Mildenhall I guess it's in Suffolk http://www.mildenhall.af.mil/. I'm hoping to get over there sometime during the Summer and visit for awhile. I also have a friend Neil Melliard  http://www.prosign1.co.uk/ who has been asking me to come visit for years, this is as good an opportunity as any. Oh sorry about your internet, my son tells me broadband is a bit of a joke where he is anyway.

D.T. thank you for the heads up on all the different dietary sites. I did kind of get a kick out of the Gerson site. How do you suppose they came up with using coffee for an enema? What kind of mind ? What would the thought process have to be? Do you think they started out with Orange Juice or Tea first or just went straight for the Non-Decafe? Just kidding.

"The Gerson Therapy is a safe, natural treatment developed by Dr. Max Gerson in the 1920’s that uses organic foods, juicing, coffee enemas, detoxification and natural supplements to activate the body’s ability to heal itself."

I have a friend who swears by enemas he has them regularly, I prefer a more passive approach like eating my homemade yogurt on a regular basis. That seems to keep my Flora in balance, with little or none of the discomfort involve with the more intrusive method.
 
I did manage to get a decent recipe for deep fried cicadas from the Weston A. Price site.

That pdf was eye opening the Alkalizing Foods were all familiar but the Acidifying Foods sounded very much like the list that my Doc has said I should avoid at all costs Butter, Cheese, Ice Cream, Bacon, Sausage... It only makes sense that they are all essential in moderation, the one that really surprised me was the white flour bread and pasta, my dear old Mum had told me years ago to stay away from the dreaded white's, whole grain (which I always secretly disliked)was the only way to go. Not that an informed decision can ever be made by reading one opinion but it does beg for more research.

Then there's The Budwig Diet, I have heard of the benefits of Cottage Cheese and Flaxseed Oil before. This is going to take some time, I have my work cut out for me now.