Fighting cancer with coral!

[myvwrock]

 

[bdesper311]

I just read that article... very cool. It will be interesting to see that if this works, could we use aquacultured coral as instead of the wild species!

 

[monte87ss]

Very interesting. Im still under the belief that cures for many diseases and such can be cured by things from the ocean.

 

[johnr2604]

Very interesting. I have also read some articles that say another key my be, it seems corals may be able to produce their own ant oxidents ridding themselves of free radicals.

 

[hfleming]

It would not surprise me if they are on to something. That sort of thing is not as unusual as you would think. One of the most successful chemo drugs for children's leukemia is derived from the Madagascar Periwinkle plant. With the use of Vincristine survival rates increased dramatically. My 7-year old daughter is one of them.

 

[glaze888]

hfleming;550284 wrote: It would not surprise me if they are on to something. That sort of thing is not as unusual as you would think. One of the most successful chemo drugs for children's leukemia is derived from the Madagascar Periwinkle plant. With the use of Vincristine survival rates increased dramatically. My 7-year old daughter is one of them.

im glad to hear that. it makes me to hear about a survivor of ANYTHING especially ones children. i wish the pain of watchings one children suffer on no man, friend or foe! maybe this and other things similar are the cure to more than just cancer. we can only hope and possibly watch history unfold before our eyes:up:

 

[glaze888]

:doh:sorry meant to say "makes me happy" in the beginning of the second sentence

 

[jennm]

Interesting indeed. I heard of this a couple of years ago when a friend of mine was doing some research and dabbling in this notion. They actually used a couple of my corals and my rose anemone for some tissue samples and extracted some pigment and we ran some experiments Us with a black light in the dark restroom! :lol: Oh the scandal... It was quite interesting, and I was really chuffed to be a part of my friend's research project.

My big green chalice provided some nice green pigment. The anemone wouldn't release its pigment though. A red mushroom did give up some of its red pigment though.

Curious to see how the Australian research turns out. I must ask my friend what became of his project, I haven't heard since.

Jenn