It maybe one of nature's repulsive little sucking parasites, but the humble tick could yield a future cure for cancer of the skin, liver and pancreas, Brazilian researchers have discovered. They have identified a protein in the saliva of a common South American tick, "Amblyomma cajennense" that apparantly reduces and can even eradicate cancerous cells while leaving healthy cells alone. The component of the saliva of this tick . . . could be cure for cancer said Ana Marisa Chudzinski-Tavassi, the molecular biologist.
If I trat every day for 14 days, an animal's tumor, a small tumor, this tumor doesn't develop - it even regresses. The tumor mass shrinks. If I treat for 42 days, you totally eliminate the tumor, the scientist said.
Be aware, producing a medicine from the find through, will require years of clinical tests and a significant financial investment - neither os which Brazil is geared to provide.
If I trat every day for 14 days, an animal's tumor, a small tumor, this tumor doesn't develop - it even regresses. The tumor mass shrinks. If I treat for 42 days, you totally eliminate the tumor, the scientist said.
Be aware, producing a medicine from the find through, will require years of clinical tests and a significant financial investment - neither os which Brazil is geared to provide.
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