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Scientists kill cancer cells with "trojan horse"

Posted on Wednesday, 1 July, 2009 | 20 comments

A team of scientists in Australia have developed a "trojan horse" to help combat cancer, the treatment would allow chemotherapy to directly target cancer cells instead of the current method of using it on both cancerous and healthy cells.

Australian scientists have developed a "trojan horse" therapy to combat cancer, using a bacterially-derived nano cell to penetrate and disarm the cancer cell before a second nano cell kills it with chemotherapy drugs."

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#16 Posted by AlienDan on 3 July, 2009, 2:43
Hahaha, it's such a joke everytime you hear of another invented cancer cure, there's already many natural things that work. Cannabis being one of them, I know of many people with different types of cancers who have been cure because of it. And this, there's a medical doctor who lives no...

#17 Posted by Grams on 3 July, 2009, 10:26
"Australian scientists have developed a "trojan horse" therapy to combat cancer, using a bacterially-derived nano cell to penetrate and disarm the cancer cell before a second nano cell kills it with chemotherapy drugs."This sounds like a pre-treatment to chemotherapy, allowing th...

#18 Posted by jbondo on 3 July, 2009, 13:34
That is awesome!!! It's great to read stuff like this and your testimony can only be a positive influence on Hatch. Maybe he can show this thread to his brother.Praise God!!!!

#19 Posted by jbondo on 3 July, 2009, 13:46
While there are many natural cancer killers, they tend to only help when the cancer is in it's early stages. I am all for natural treatments but I am also confident that we are developing a system for stage 2 and beyond that offer a pinpoint delivery system as well as a more concentrated cancer...

#20 Posted by wolemrock on 16 July, 2009, 21:48
that's cool, your will to survive is your greatest medicine.

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