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The cure we have always been wishing for has been around for quite sometime, the cure for cancer. As millions of people are diagnosed and dies from cancer everyday, there is finally hope.  Coming from brilliant scientist of the University of Alberta in Edmunton, Canada they discovered that DCA, which is an odourless, colourless, inexpensive, relatively non-toxic, small molecule can cure cancer.  Although, it is not yet being used to cure cancer, researchers at the University of Alberta believe it may soon be used as an effective treatment for many forms of cancer.

It is known as, Dichloroacetate (DCA), which causes regression in several cancers, including lung, breast, and brain tumors. Mitochondria, the energy producing units in cells, have been treated by Scientists and doctors for over decades, by usings DCA  to treat children with inborn errors of metabolism due to mitochondrial diseases. Mitochondria have been connected with cancer since the 1930s, when researchers first noticed that these organelles dysfunction when cancer is present.

DCA, activates a critical mitochondrial enzyme, as a way to “revive” cancer-affected mitochondria. It also, unlike most currently used chemotherapies, does not have any effects on normal, non-cancerous tissues.

Dr. Evangelos Michelakis, a professor at the U of A Department of Medicine, says, ”I think DCA can be selective for cancer because it attacks a fundamental process in cancer development that is unique to cancer cells,” Michelakis said. “One of the really exciting things about this compound is that it might be able to treat many different forms of cancer”.

Being that DCA is so small, it is easily absorbed in the body, and, after oral intake, it can reach areas in the body that other drugs cannot, making it possible to treat brain cancers.

This particular compound is not patent and not owned by any pharmaceutical company, therefore, would likely be an inexpensive drug to administer, says Michelakis, the Canada Research Chair in Pulmonary Hypertension and Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program with Capital Health, one of Canada’s largest health authorities.  Michelakis is also concerned that it may be difficult to find funding from private investors to test DCA in clinical trials.

Michelakis is grateful for the support he has already received from publicly funded agencies, such as the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR), and he is hopeful such support will continue and allow him to conduct clinical trials of DCA on cancer patients.

Michelakis’ research is currently funded by the CIHR, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Canada Research Chairs program, and the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research.

http://www.dca.med.ualberta.ca/Home/Updates/2007-03-15_Update.cfm

-Sanford, FL

It was during the NBA All Star weekend that tuned in the world to focus on a town in Central Florida known as Sanford.  On Februray 26, 2012 a young black male was walking home from the store to his father’s girlfriend’s home when he was shot and killed by a volunteer watchman. Nearly two weeks had went by and the Sanford Police Department wasn’t doing anything… >>>Read Full Article>>>

Anger or Rage:

One day I surprised my boyfriend by flying in town and arranging a nice dinner for the two of us.  I arrived on time and knocked on his door, no one answered. I knew he was there since his car was there so I continued to knock. Eventually he came to the door standing there with another girl who I have never seen before, I figured… >>>Read Full Article>>>

‘Extensive viewing of television violence by children causes greater aggressiveness.  Sometimes, watching a single violent program can increase aggressiveness.  Children who view shows in which violence is very realistic, frequently repeated or unpunished, are willing to do what they see. Children with emotional, behavioral, learning or impulse control problems may be more easily influenced by TV violence. The impact of TV violence may be immediately evident in the child’s behavior… >>>Read Full Article>>>

Heterosexual intercourse has become the predominant means of transmitting AIDS in Haiti, according to the conclusions of a Haitian-American research team.

The study, presented to a meeting in Paris and reported Sunday in The New York Times, found that 72 percent of the Haitian victims of AIDS or the less-serious AIDS-related complex are heterosexuals who say they do not fall into any of the high-risk categories of AIDS patients… >>>Read Full Article>>>

Making her one of the youngest mothers in the world ever, a 10-year old Colombian girl gave birth to a healthy baby girl.  The girl from Manaure, a town in the Colombian Department of La Guajira arrived at the hospital in tears and enomorous pain from the contractions, according to Univison’s Primer Impacto.   The 10-year old girl delivered a 5 pound baby by an cesarean section.

Experts say a C-section delivery for such… >>>Read Full Article>>>