Injected vitamin may fight cancer

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Dan - 13 Sep 2005 14:04 GMT

High doses of vitamin C injected into the bloodstream may be effective
at combating cancer, new research suggests.
Scientists found that vitamin C in the form of ascorbate killed cancer
cells in the laboratory - but the effective dose was so high it could
only be delivered to patients by infusion into the bloodstream.

http://debunkbigpharma.blognation.us/blog/_archives/2005/9/12/1223010.html

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bae@cs.toronto.no-uce.edu - 13 Sep 2005 14:47 GMT

>High doses of vitamin C injected into the bloodstream may be effective
>at combating cancer, new research suggests.
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>http://debunkbigpharma.blognation.us/blog/_archives/2005/9/12/1223010.html

Sheesh. Just about anything will kill cancer cells "in the laboratory".
The trick is to kill them in the patient, without killing normal cells,
which are about as easily killed.

I mean, you could try flooding the patient's circulatory system with
bleach, autoclaving the patient, injecting kilograms of sugar or salt
into the patient...

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Dan - 14 Sep 2005 03:49 GMT

I guess you didn't read the source article. "In five of the cancer
lines, there was a 50% decrease in cell survival, while normal cells
were unaffected.

Ascorbate treatment led to the formation of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), a
chemical known to be toxic to cells. Why it killed cancer cells but not
normal cells was unknown, said the researchers. It was possible the
hydrogen peroxide caused damage that was repaired in normal cells but
not in sensitive cancer cells. "

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