in a program i saw about a month ago via satelite TV (I live in
Israel) on a french chanel there was a program about the finding of a
cure for cancer
(probably asofugus) found by an australian doctor and sold to a group
of 3
countries
the danish the swiss ( and maybe if I remember corrctly the US). it
works on cells that
If I remember correctly multiply themselves. I would like to find out
what this cure/drug is so I can help a friend who needs it very badly.
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Request for Question Clarification by
pinkfreud-ga
on
02 Sep 2003 14:57 PDT
Could this be the new Australian cancer treatment that you're looking
for?
"A new cancer treatment pioneered in Australia is to be trialled by
six top hospitals in Europe and the United States after being hailed a
major breakthrough by a Washington conference.
The therapy has already shown outstanding results in tests on prostate
cancer and leukaemia sufferers, it has minimal side effects and it
could be available within two years, its developers said Tuesday.
It fights cancer and, potentially, HIV/AIDS by boosting the body's
immune system to make it produce more of the vital T-cells that
produce thymus, the gland which shrinks naturally after puberty.
...Four hospitals in the United States, one in Britain and one in
Switzerland have agreed to test it on selected groups of cancer
patients in the next year."
Agence France-Presse - June 24, 2003
http://www.aegis.com/news/afp/2003/AF030694.html
If this is the treatment you heard about, I'll be glad to gather more
information about it.
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Clarification of Question by
uza-ga
on
03 Sep 2003 02:34 PDT
Hello,
I would appreciate if you could look further to find which hospitals
are doing this research and if its stil possible to be part of the
test group, its realy of a life/death importance for my friend.
sincerely,
Maoz
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Request for Question Clarification by
pinkfreud-ga
on
03 Sep 2003 11:45 PDT
It appears that the studies currently being conducted are centering on
HIV/AIDS patients. I have not found any information about open trials.
The Australian biotechnology firm Norwood Abbey Ltd has partnered with
Monash University in this project.
Here you'll find contact information that may be helpful:
http://www.abc.net.au/ra/innovations/stories/s925411.htm
http://www.norwoodabbey.com/indexcontact.htm
Additional articles about the treatment:
http://www.healthy.net/asp/templates/news.asp?Id=7164
http://www.aegis.com/news/bw/2003/BW030602.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030618/185485_1.html
http://www.journ-aids.org/reports/24062003f.htm
In addition to this promising new treatment, there have been many
other studies involving the manipulation of Gonadotropin Releasing
Hormone (GnRH) in order to boost the production of T-cells.
If general information about studies of this sort would be suitable as
an answer to your question, I can gather more material. Unfortunately,
I doubt that I will be able to help enroll your friend in a drug
trial. Your friend's oncologist is his best hope in that area.
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Request for Question Clarification by
pinkfreud-ga
on
04 Sep 2003 14:14 PDT
Regarding your comment "Will there be more info about the prostate
cancer research related to this? or is this the final answer?", keep
in mind that no official answer to your question has yet been posted.
I was uncertain how to proceed, since you indicated that you wanted to
locate an open trial of the new Australian cancer treatment, and I was
not able to find such a trial.
If you would like me to post the information that I've found as the
answer to your question, I will be glad to do so. If, in relation to
this new treatment, there is a specific kind of cancer that you'd like
me to research, please let me know.
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