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Dichloroacetate Effective Against Aggressive Brain Cancer
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP May 13, 2010 05:21pm |
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| News Date | Thursday, May 13, 2010 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Orphan drug dichloroacetate (DCA) has been found effective against aggressive brain cancer in a small Canadian study. Orphan drugs are meant to treat rare medical conditions. DCA is now used to treat a rare enzyme disorder in children, but researchers have found it useful in brain tumor too.
In four of the five glioblastoma patients, there was no further brain cancer growth after initial treatment. Follow-up studies on cells taken from these patients showed that DCA killed cancer cells.
Funding for the Alberta University research was raised by a concerned community, apart from what could be obtained from federal agencies and from the university itself - pharmaceutical companies were not too keen on further research on DCA as it was a generic drug with no patent on it.
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