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  • rssbsagartan

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    03/24/2009 05:52 PM

    Tumor killing capsule

    Today, as we all know tumor is considered to be one of the most dangerous diseases in the whole world which can even take life also when tumor become cancerous.
    So, in the next few paragraphs you will get to know how we can destroy tumor and can prevent cancer.
    How tumor is caused?
    Tumor is caused when there is lack of oxygen in the cell which leads to the formation of lactic acid.
    Tumor is characterized by the low oxygen level and high lactic acid .concentrations. If tumor is not treated i.e. destroyed then it may get convert into cancer and which can’t be easily treated.
    How to treat tumor?
    Imagine a capsule that when injected into the body, got mix in the blood stream and would travel to the site of tumor, insert itself into tumor cell and then capsule breaks into two parts and  which secretes E.coli toxin and a special protein, called invasin, from another type of bacteria, which allows the organism to invade cancer cells.
    Traditional cancer therapies are less effective and in some way harmful also because of some reasons:-
    (i)In chemotherapy radiations are given to the body which is not able to destroy the tumor cells completely and also cause damage to healthy cells.
    (ii)Most of the tumor treatment today is ineffective because most treatment don’t destroy tumor cells. Thus, they are only tried to control their growth. So after some time they again grow and form cancerous cells.
    However this tumor capsule has the potential to target specific tumor cells and kill them.
    In order to build a cancer killing capsule, it must have to perform certain complicated tasks:-
    (i)Sensing the tumor environment.
    (ii) When the capsule sense the tumor cells, then it gets injected in it and then it break down to release E.coli toxin and a protein called invasion which are capable of killing tumor cells.
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    • EcoOptions

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      04/23/2009 11:24 AM

      Re: Tumor killing capsule

      The best tumor killing capsule is the one that balances the body chemistry so that the tumor can not exist is the first place.  When a person has cancer the body becomes very acidic which in turn produces an environment where more cancer can grow.
        By making the body alkaline (7.6 or better) cancer cannot survive. The challenge or paradox is we do not have to make cancer curing complicated and make a lot of money.  The FDA and the drug companies cannot stand simple solutions because this would put thousands of people out of work. 
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    04/13/2009 11:06 AM

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