| >>>> Learn how to easily care for your | | | | successfully treated by EBC-46, and more substantial |
| pet at home using simple, inexpensive techniques and | | | | veterinary trials are planned for the first half of 2010. |
| natural ingredients NOW! <<<< | | | | Theoretically, any tumor that can be reached by a |
| Cancer. The word alone is sure to make your heart | | | | needle is susceptible to being treated by EBC-46. So |
| sink. It is one of the most common diseases of our | | | | far, the drug has been effective against |
| pet dogs, and some scientists suggest that as many | | | | nasopharyngeal tumors, malignant melanomas in the |
| as 50% of our dogs will suffer from cancer at some | | | | mouth of dogs, and soft tissue sarcoids. Results have |
| stage in their lives. | | | | been noticed within a matter of weeks. |
| Treatment of cancer in dogs has involved surgery, | | | | The beauty of this drug is that it is easy to give to |
| radiation and chemotherapy, with their associated | | | | the animal, and it causes very little, if any, trauma or |
| complications and recovery times. | | | | tissue damage. So far, scientists haven't seen any |
| A new discovery may revolutionize cancer treatment | | | | significant side effects from the use of the drug. |
| in dogs. Scientists in north Queensland, Australia have | | | | The rainforest plant that is the source of EBC-46 can |
| isolated a chemical from fruit of a tropical rainforest | | | | be rapidly grown in plantations in North Queensland, |
| tree which is showing great promise in treating some | | | | providing a renewable source of the drug. |
| tumors in dogs and horses. | | | | While there haven't yet been any clinical trials of |
| The chemical, now known as EBC-46, was | | | | EBC-46, there is plenty of evidence that it works. If |
| discovered when the scientists noticed that rainforest | | | | the trials that are planned for 2010 confirm that the |
| animals happily ate the flesh of the fruit from a | | | | drug is as effective as it appears to be, it will be a |
| particular tree, but spat out the seeds. These seeds | | | | wonderful addition to our armory of weapons against |
| contained a chemical which made their tongues swell, | | | | cancer in our dogs. |
| so they didn't like it. When the chemical was isolated, | | | | Even more exciting is the potential for the drug to |
| it was found that it caused inflammation, and it is this | | | | also be effective against cancer in humans. |
| characteristic that makes it useful in treating cancer. | | | | There are many examples of human medical |
| EBC-46 is given as a single injection into a tumor, and | | | | discoveries being beneficial for our animals. Some |
| leads to inflammation and the death of cancer cells. It | | | | examples are stem cell therapy and hip replacement |
| also causes the body's own white blood cells to | | | | surgery. It's great that research into a cure for |
| attack and kill the tumor. | | | | cancer in our dogs may save our lives down the |
| There have been several dogs and horses | | | | track. |