- After more than a century of microbiology -- we are now
told THIS!
- It certainly proves how little we know about bacteria
and other infectious agents......and how presumptuous the medical profession
has been to have totally eliminated bacteria as significant agents in the
development of cancer and chronic disease.
- Why do scientists continue to ignore a century of research
implicating bacteria in cancer -- when the bacteria associated with cancer
are staring us in the face? (see below)
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- Regards,
- ALAN
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- PS: Interesting to learn that "diversity" also
occurs among the very smallest forms of life!!
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- PSS: Please pass on to interested others.
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- http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/29/MNVN17SU1V.DTL
- Bacteria colonies found on human skin may be essential
to proper health, research suggests.
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- The Los Angeles Times (5/29, Kaplan) reports, "A
healthy human epidermis is colonized by roughly 1,000 species of bacteria,"
according to a National Human Genome Research Institute study. And, whether
they "thrive in the desert of the forearm," or "in the tropical
rain forest of the armpit," the "microorganisms have evolved
to exploit the unique attributes of those body parts they call home."
Their presence, say researchers, "is not only harmless, but also probably
essential to the proper functioning of the body." There is even "one
striking example of that fact: Mice bred to be entirely germ-free have
smaller hearts and are unable to digest food properly."
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- Indeed, "people's bodies are ecosystems,
believed home to trillions of bacteria, fungi, and other microbes that
naturally coexist in the skin, the digestive tract and other spots,"
the AP (5/29, Neergaard) explains. "But scientists don't have a good
grasp of which microbes live where, much less which are helpful, even indispensable,
in maintaining health." The current study authors, however, "aim
to change that through their 'Human Microbiome Project.'" Scientists
will work to "learn what microbes" healthy participants harbor,
so they "can compare the healthy with diseases of microbes gone awry
-- from acute infections to mysterious conditions like psoriasis or irritable
bowel syndrome." The new work regarding the skin "is part of
that project."
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- Julia A. Segre, PhD, Elizabeth A. Grice, PhD,
and colleagues began their study by collecting "bacteria from 20 sites
on the bodies of 10 healthy volunteers," according toWebMD (5/28,
DeNoon). "These sites ranged from the webs of the toes to the navel
to the fold between the eyes." The group "found that different
body sites have different mixtures of bacteria, and that different people
tend to have the same kinds of bacteria in the same body sites." This
"offers a clue to disease, because different skin diseases tend to
appear in specific places on the body." While we "tend to think
of bacteria as germs that cause disease...the new findings suggest that
a healthy crop of normal bacteria prevents disease." For instance,
"1.5 percent of Americans have MRSA in their nose -- but they don't
show any signs of infection." Segre speculated that "other bacteria
are keeping the MRSA in check and not letting it grow and create an infection,"
or perhaps "the MRSA is changing between when it's up in someone's
nose and when it causes an infection."
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- In short, the researchers found "19 separate
phyla and 205 different genera...on the 20 sites sampled," HealthDay
(5/28, Edelson) reported. And, this diversity "was much greater than
expected." Still, "all our knowledge had been based on what we
could culture in the laboratory," Segre pointed out. "Culturing
puts a bias on what you can study." Now, a "revolution in sequencing
technology enables us to obtain information of a complexity that is astronomical
compared to what was possible just a few years ago," Segre said.
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- Alan Cantwell M.D.
- alancantwell@sbcglobal.net
- http://www.ariesrisingpress.com
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- author of FOUR WOMEN AGAINST CANCER: BACTERIA, CANCER
AND THE ORIGIN OF LIFE
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- Praise for FOUR WOMEN AGAINST CANCER:
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- "Perhaps the single most important medically related
book written in the last 4 decades, and by a physician who actually partook
in and intimately contributed to the research chronicled therein. Absolutely
fascinating." -Lawrence Broxmeyer, M.D., author of "AIDS: What
the Discoverers of HIV Never Admitted"
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- As a retired medical doctor myself, I had the privilege
of meeting Dr. Alan Cantwell many years ago. Our friendship grew over the
years. During this time I repeatedly encouraged him in his research and
writing about microbes in cancer. His book is a fascinating read. In fact,
it was an effort for me to put it down . The book clearly shows the opposition
by the medical establishment. It took a lot of courage for Dr. Cantwell
and four women against cancer to stand up to the narrow-mindedness of the
medical establishment. There is a wealth of information in this book. Dr.Cantwell
is to be applauded bigtime for his outstanding work. Read this book!!!!!
Armand Auger, M.D., retired.
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- "Dr. Alan Cantwell's latest book, Four Women Against
Cancer outlines the astonishing story of the elusive cancer microbe and
the dedicated medical pioneers who have been tracking it down for over
half a century. Ironically, in what has largely been a male dominated field,
four female cancer scientists emerge as key players in helping to solve
one of the greatest medical mysteries of all time. Right on sisters, and
right on Alan Cantwell for telling us their story in this fascinating new
book!"
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- Ron Falcone, author and host of THE CANCER BACTERIA
HOMEPAGE.
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- "Four Women Against Cancer" is a 21st century
blockbuster documenting the extraordinary research by these great medical
scientists uncovering the microbiological cause of cancer. Dr. Cantwell
addresses the exciting search for finite nanobacteria connected to the
origin of life and at the cutting edge of today's understanding of the
true cause of cancer. This book is must reading for those seeking a better
understanding of the cause and nature of cancer and how it may be eventually
cured.
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- Arthur D Alexander III, Biochemist, former scientific
advisor to Virginia Livingston, M.D.(1975-19900 , and Assistant to the
Scientific Director of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (NYC) (1957-1961).
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