Possible Cancer Treatment From Frogs and Toads Discovered
Published by Frogs and toads have the capacity to heal more than seventy diseases if the discoveries made by Queen’s University researchers are anything to go by. The two amphibians have crucial proteins in their skin that regulate angiogenesis or blood vessel development and if manipulated could see cancer, stroke and diabetes disappear from the face of the planet.
The two amphibians have proteins that regulate angiogenesis
Nature seems to have a solution for every problem humans create. Researchers from the Queen’s University in Belfast have stumbled on two proteins from the skin of frogs and toads which could help regulate angiogenesis or blood vessel formation and therefore help cure more than 70 human diseases among them cancer. By regulating blood vessel growth, scientists argue that diseases such Cancer, diabetes and stroke may soon be past tense.
The proteins are present in frog and toad skin
The two suspect proteins were found in secretions extracted from the skins of the Waxy Monkey Frog and the Giant Fire bellied Toad, making them among the most important amphibians at the moment and possible candidates for extinction if mass harvesting will be required. The good news at the moment is the fact that those captured and used in extraction of the crucial proteins were released back into the wild.
Controlling blood vessel growth may help cure more than 70 diseases
Researchers led by Professor Chris Shaw discovered that proteins from the Giant Fire bellied Toad could switch on angiogenesis and facilitate faster development and repair of blood vessels, making them useful for treatment of conditions such as diabetic ulcers, organ transplants, stroke and other heart ailments. A protein from the Waxy Monkey Frog was found to do the exact opposite by switching off blood vessel development.
Is a cure for cancer finally in the offing?
It is common knowledge that tumors require sufficient blood supply for growth and expansion and normally develop blood vessels for this purpose. Stopping angiogenesis could therefore cut this crucial blood supply and therefore help prevent tumor spread, hence curing cancer in the long run. Is a cure for cancer finally in the offing?
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On June 11, 2011 at 2:22 pm
Nothing is useless in this world
On June 11, 2011 at 2:28 pm
The nature is fantastic
On June 11, 2011 at 3:34 pm
All living life on Earth has a purpose even something a small as a fly… Without the fly we cannot yet ponder what kind of hell we would live in… Thank you for the fly lord!
On June 11, 2011 at 4:43 pm
I know that frogs are used in biology classes to find out the workings of the the circulatory system as they are poikilothermic. So now they would use the cholorform to just scrape off skin cells CSI style and make a cure for humans who like eating processed food which can be synthetic in nature. This is one of the reasons we have ballooning bottoms and precautious teenagers maturing before their age, cows with 7 legs and what not…. Have you ever had a wild animal die of cancer??? I would say no as they eat natural food as with the people who live deep in the forests. I know that all fresh vegetables have living cells and would rather stick with that as prevention is better than cure… Dare I say that you are making yourself a human lab rat to test and see if frogs have a cure. I know we get skin rash when we touch a frog which does mean they have to process it to get the serum done don’t they???
Do what rabbits and cows do in their natural habitat— go natural green and you will live cancer free and even the back plug will work well as you have enough of ruffage…
Would keep my intestines, hair and body in place with Greens rather than frog serum but its a good cure for those already dying people as it gives them hope to live longer… But ultimately they have to meet their maker after spending all their savings to stay a while longer past midnight…. The bell does toll for all, but when is the question….
Good one though!!!
On June 11, 2011 at 4:49 pm
Although I have to admit that in fairytails kissing a frog turns them into princes and princesses and they will be scaping human cells next to check for cancer.
Well, no dig at the people with cancer but I am digging the so called medical experts who spend 4-5million pounds/dollars or more to kill frogs for a cure when vergetables grown in a veggie patch could do a trick…
Its like NASA spending millions to find a way to use a pen in space when all they need is a flipping pencil….
On June 11, 2011 at 5:04 pm
Interesting, as it may help many to survive. But prevention is the best medicine.
On June 11, 2011 at 6:03 pm
very interesting. It just goes to show how many cures and other answers are out there in the strangest of places.
On June 11, 2011 at 6:35 pm
The future is filled with hope.
On June 11, 2011 at 8:01 pm
Ah ha, so the witches of old knew something after all
On June 11, 2011 at 8:41 pm
Hopefully they do find cures. Great article!
On June 12, 2011 at 9:08 pm
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On June 12, 2011 at 10:46 pm
This is a hopeful piece. I’m sure somewhere, sometime, a reliable cure for cancer will be found.
On June 13, 2011 at 4:42 am
I too read this news a couple of days back.
On June 13, 2011 at 7:09 pm
good news to humans if this comes true. Even sharks resist and cure cancers, which has to be translated to human bodies. But how many will make good use of this gift?!
On June 13, 2011 at 11:47 pm
nature has solution of every problem..nice and informative article..