{"id":2178,"date":"2011-03-03T22:24:19","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T04:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/?p=2178"},"modified":"2023-12-03T06:35:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T12:35:19","slug":"possible-cure-for-cancer-being-snubbed-by-big-pharma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/03\/possible-cure-for-cancer-being-snubbed-by-big-pharma\/","title":{"rendered":"Possible cure for cancer being snubbed by Big Pharma"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cancer Cure - Dr. Evangelos Michelakis\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZtZZR2F01ss?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Apparently Dr. Evangelos Michelakis (a Greek guy, of course) has been conducting research in Canada with dichloroacetic acid (DCA) and has discovered that in a surprisingly high number of tests it has proven to shrink cancer cells into oblivion. I did some research to see if this is medically relevant and viable, and it seems like there is strong support to his studies. Why hasn&#8217;t this taken off in the industry? Apparently, the drug is unpatented and costs pennies to make and pharmaceutical companies are <em>not<\/em> backing this because of &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn10971\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">they can&#8217;t make money on unpatented medicines<\/a>.&#8221; It is estimated for this drug to get FDA approval in the U.S., <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2007\/04\/01\/opinion\/01moss.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">costs passing $1 billion<\/a> will be needed, making DCA&#8217;s approval for treatment quite low. Apparently it isn&#8217;t a good investment to spend over a billion dollars on a drug that can save millions, but over $700 billion is an acceptable cost for <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Financial_cost_of_the_Iraq_War\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">other more important things<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Greek researcher has discovered that dichloroacetic acid (DCA) may be a promising cancer treatment, but it&#8217;s not being pursued by big pharma because it&#8217;s cheap and 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