Comments on: Natural pesticides are carcinogens too http://blog.plantpoisonsandrottenstuff.info/2008/05/06/natural-pesticides-are-carcinogens-too/ Exploring the genetic links between Asperger's syndrome, fibromyalgia, hypoglycaemia, obesity, back pain, asthma and 'allergies', and how to improve them with a scientific diet you have never heard of. Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:10:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Alien Robot Girl http://blog.plantpoisonsandrottenstuff.info/2008/05/06/natural-pesticides-are-carcinogens-too/#comment-520 Alien Robot Girl Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:19:53 +0000 http://emmadavies.wordpress.com/?p=419#comment-520 Hi Peter This is very interesting story, thanks for relating it. And a new angle to pursue too, which is always great! Hi Peter

This is very interesting story, thanks for relating it. And a new angle to pursue too, which is always great!

]]> By: peterdee http://blog.plantpoisonsandrottenstuff.info/2008/05/06/natural-pesticides-are-carcinogens-too/#comment-493 peterdee Wed, 07 May 2008 20:01:40 +0000 http://emmadavies.wordpress.com/?p=419#comment-493 Dr Gold's paper reminded me of a story. Our cells are equipped with very effective pumps to get rid of plant toxins, of which, as you point out, there are a huge number. It's a war zone after all. The pumps get up regulated during cancer chemotherapy as our cells regard chemotherapy agents as comparable to plant toxins, as indeed many of them ARE plant toxins. My wife attended a seminar by a medic who had designed a clever molecule to block the action of these pumps, so allow the chemo drugs to continue to work in resistant cancers. Adding it to chemotherapy resistant cancer cell cultures caused them all to die with standard chemo. Yippee, hurray. Giving it in combination with a chemo drug to a group of mice gave 100% mortality. Back to the drawing board. When you want rid of plant toxins, you want rid of them. Which is all the time. Probably tough if you get second rate pumps. There'll be some genes there too I guess. Peter Dr Gold’s paper reminded me of a story.

Our cells are equipped with very effective pumps to get rid of plant toxins, of which, as you point out, there are a huge number. It’s a war zone after all. The pumps get up regulated during cancer chemotherapy as our cells regard chemotherapy agents as comparable to plant toxins, as indeed many of them ARE plant toxins.

My wife attended a seminar by a medic who had designed a clever molecule to block the action of these pumps, so allow the chemo drugs to continue to work in resistant cancers. Adding it to chemotherapy resistant cancer cell cultures caused them all to die with standard chemo. Yippee, hurray. Giving it in combination with a chemo drug to a group of mice gave 100% mortality.

Back to the drawing board.

When you want rid of plant toxins, you want rid of them. Which is all the time. Probably tough if you get second rate pumps. There’ll be some genes there too I guess.

Peter

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