07-26-2014, 05:50 PM
Cancer vaccine from cat poop?
It sounds like the most unlikely source for a cancer cure, but cancer researchers David J. Bzik and Barbara Fox of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College in Hanover have found that the parasite, Toxoplasma Gondii, which is found in the intestines of cats, can 'jump start' the immune system to produce cancer-fighting 'T' cells. This dangerous parasite causes an illness called Toxoplasmosis when the single celled organism replicates. But modifying it so that it can't replicate creates a harmless version of the T.G. cell, and this shows promise for a possible future vaccine against cancer!
Read more here:
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/cat-poo...-cure.html
If this is developed, one hopes it will be done ethically, with no exploitation of cats.
It sounds like the most unlikely source for a cancer cure, but cancer researchers David J. Bzik and Barbara Fox of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College in Hanover have found that the parasite, Toxoplasma Gondii, which is found in the intestines of cats, can 'jump start' the immune system to produce cancer-fighting 'T' cells. This dangerous parasite causes an illness called Toxoplasmosis when the single celled organism replicates. But modifying it so that it can't replicate creates a harmless version of the T.G. cell, and this shows promise for a possible future vaccine against cancer!
Read more here:
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/cat-poo...-cure.html
If this is developed, one hopes it will be done ethically, with no exploitation of cats.
