| April 2011. Dr. Akbar Khan of Medicar publishes first peer-reviewed DCA paper. Link |
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| 25 August 2010. Hazim Gaber was sentenced to 3 years in prison, restitiution and fines. Link Link2 |
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| 11 August 2010. Medical researchers at U of Alberta report DCA as a potential treatment for pulmonary hypertension. Link |
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| 4 July 2010. Memorial auction raises money for research Link |
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| 2 June 2010. Article on need for public support of DCA. Link |
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| May 2010 news links |
May 2010 U of A publishes first clinical trial paper. Link |
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| May 2010 Hazim Gaber pleads guilty to selling fake DCA. Link |
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December 2009. MIT scientists, Shanta Dhar and Stephen Lippard (Lippardlab), combine Cisplatin with DCA to make "Mitaplatin" Link Paper |
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March 2009. DCA shown to decrease number of breast cancer tumors in rodent models. Link |
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| February 2009 Greek newspaper story about Dr. Michelakis and DCA |
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| December 2008 Story of Norwegian Government having blocked DCA Link1 Link2 Link3 |
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| October 2008 New Michelakis letter posted at the U of A site |
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| 9 October 2008 Belgium news reports two people had great results taking DCA (alternate link) |
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8/11/2008 Website again pitching untested cancer drug by Glenn Kauth , Edmonton Sun |
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| 4/28/2008 Warning over internet cancer 'cure' DCA article by UK Telegraph. Highly hostile to DCA and this site. |
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| 04/16/2008 Dichloroacetate induces apoptosis in endometrial cancer cells. published showing dichloroacetate effectively sensitizes most endometrial cancer cell lines to apoptosis |
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| 04/01/2008 Medicor Clinic releases second DCA Efficacy Report |
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| 1/14/08 Dr. Judah Folkman, angiogenesis pioneer dies. link |
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| 12/12/07 Medicor Clinic releases first DCA Efficacy Report .link |
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| 10/4/2007 People of Peace River, Alberta Canada raise $250,000 for DCA research .link |
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| 9/26/2007 Health Canada approves first human trial for DCA .link |
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8/2007 New Scientist article. Includes photo of Jim, Ilene and Dr. Joe Ryan. link
Note New Scientist left out my critical assessment of the FDA policies for unpatentable drugs. |
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| 4/30/2007 Corriere della Sera. Italian Newspaper coverage of DCA. link |
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| 4/4/2007 Cancer patients turn to rat drug. Adelaide Now, by Kim Wheatley. http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,21500744-910,00.html |
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| 4/4/2007 Cancer patients turn to unapproved drug by Olesia Plokhii. The Gateway. http://www.thegatewayonline.ca/cancer-patients-turn-to-unapproved-drug-20070404-527.html |
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| 4/2/2007, Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technology. DIY Cancer Therapy:Should dying people be allowed to experiment? http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/prisco20070402/ |
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| 3/28/2007, New Scientist..Cancer therapy: When all else fails http://www.newscientist.com/channel/health/mg19325973.800-cancer-therapy-when-all-else-fails.html |
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3/28/2007, Nature magazine. Cancer patients opt for unapproved drug.
Internet trade pre-empts clinical trial. by
Helen Pearson http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070326/full/446474a.html
or Internet trade pre-empts clinical trial. |
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| 3/21/2007 Yank Aids People With Nothing to Lose. Edmonton Sun http://edmontonsun.ca/News/Edmonton/2007/03/21/3796843-sun.html |
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| 3/16/2007, the Edmonton Journal/Canada.com: Patients lining up for cancer 'magic bullet' |
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2/3/2007, American Cancer Society: DCA: Cancer Breakthrough Or Urban Legend?
http://www.cancer.org/aspx/blog/Comments.aspx?id=130
Critical article on Dr. Michelakis’s study, compares use for lactic acid and cancer; points out potential flaws in study and dangers in curing human cancer. Critiques the simplicity of using DCA; strongly promotes his personal view about taking the research slow. |
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1/23/2007, Newsweek: Buzz For A New Potential Cancer Drug
http://www.depmed.ualberta.ca/dca/newsweek.pdf
Brief review of Dr. Michelakis’s study and what has to be done to get drug to clinical use. |
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1/20/2007, New Scientist: Cheap, safe drug kills most cancers
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn10971-cheap-safe-drug-kills-most-cancers.html
Review of Dr. Michelakis’s study with focus on how mitochondria affect cancer cells; also mentions how lactic acid contributes to secondary cancer formation. |
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1/18/2007, The Why Files: Promoting Cancer Suicide
http://whyfiles.org/shorties/225cancer_drug/
Focuses on mitochondrial functions in cancer, details Dr. Michelakis’s study on rats with human tumors & possible prevention of cancer using DCA, many colorful charts & illustrations. |
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1/18/2007, Economist: Cramping Tumours (Must pay for this to read it.)
http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8548706
(Must purchase article.) |
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1/17/2007, Globe & Mail: Long-used drug shows new promise for cancer
(Must purchase article.) |
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1/17/2007, New Scientist: A cheap and simple cure for cancer?
Explains how cancer cells use glycolysis for energy production and how DCA turns that process back to the mitochondrial energy production. |
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1/17/2007, National Post (Canada): Cancer finding hailed
Summary of the University of Alberta’s study; how DCA kills a cancer cell. |
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1/16/2007, University of Alberta: Small molecule offers big hope against cancer
http://www.expressnews.ualberta.ca/article.cfm?id=8153
Summary of the University of Alberta’s study; how DCA normalizes the mitochondrial function in many cancers. |
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1/2007, A Mitochondria-K+ Channel Axis Is Suppressed in Cancer and Its Normalization Promotes Apoptosis and Inhibits Cancer Growth
http://www.cancercell.org/content/article/abstract?uid=PIIS1535610806003722
Scientific study of how DCA works in the cancer cell.
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5/2/2006, Federal Court Approves Experimental Drugs for Dying Patients
http://www.cancercurecoalition.org/articles/experimental_drugs.htm |
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9/01/2001, “Prevention of Dichloroacetate Toxicity”
http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/show/NCT00031161?order=1
DCA is being studied for toxicity safety for the treatment of patients with Acidosis, Lactic Chronic Disease. |
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9/14/1999, Elsevier Toxicology Abstract: Study of lesions created in mice caused by DCA
http://www.tricity.wsu.edu/htmls/eecs/cs/faculty/jhmPubs/tox2000.pdf |
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9/25/1990, 90-Day Toxicity Study of Dichloroacetate in Dogs
http://toxsci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/17/2/376 |
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4/21/1989, Oxford Journal: Chronic Toxicity of Dichloroacetate: Possible Relation to Thiamine Deficiency in Rats.
http://toxsci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/14/2/327
Study on how DCA may cause toxicity in rats due to thiamine deficiency (which is caused by DCA use). This toxicity may be preventable by thiamine supplementation. |
