Originally published July 18 2004
Drugs found in nature prevent cancer
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
But don't expect the pharmaceutical companies to give nature credit. To them, nature is just a free source of chemicals to exploit for profit. The funny thing is that nature has already provided the cure for cancer in the form of anti-cancer foods and superfoods. Cancer is quite easy to beat, in fact, when you turn to nature for the answers.
- Two drugs from unlikely sources -- an ocean-growing sponge and a European evergreen tree -- apparently team up well to prevent the spread of cancer cells.
- The sponge-based drug, discodermolide, works with a yew tree derivative called paclitaxel to thwart tumor cell growth, according to research published in the July 15 issue of Cancer Research.
- In fact, using the drugs in combination is several times more effective than using either drug alone, concluded researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Both drugs prevent cancer spread by interfering with tumor cells' ability to divide, keeping cells stalled in a pre-division stage of growth.
- Paclitaxel currently is an approved drug for the control of cancer growth, while discodermolide is undergoing phase one clinical trials.
- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have more about cancer.
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