Could ecstasy cure cancer?

just seen this...

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It's got a bad reputation as a party drug, but scientists now believe that ecstasy could help to cure some blood cancers.

 

Scientists have known for some time that the drug can kill some cancer cells, but they now believe it to be 100 times more effective than originally thought.

 

A new study has shown that leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma cells could all be killed in a test tube, although treatment could still be a decade away.

 

Researchers at the University of Birmingham, in collaboration with the University of Western Australia, have chemically re-engineered ecstasy by taking some atoms away and putting new ones in their place.

 

One variant increased cancer-fighting effectiveness 100-fold. This means that if 100g of un-modified ecstasy was needed to get the desired effect, only 1g of the modified ecstasy would be needed.

 

Scientists say that this also reduces the toxic effect on the brain.

 

Lead researcher Professor John Gordon, from the University of Birmingham told the BBC: "Against the cancers, particularly the leukaemia, the lymphoma and the myeloma, where we've tested these new compounds we can wipe out 100 per cent of the cancer cells in some cases.

 

"We would really need to pinpoint which are the most sensitive cases, but it has the potential to wipe out the cancer cells in those examples.

 

"This is in the test tube, it could be different in the patient, but for now it's quite exciting."

 

Experts believe that the drug works because it is attracted to the fat in the membranes of the cancerous cells. Researchers think it makes the cells "a bit more soapy", which can break down the membrane and kill the cell.

 

However, doctors have no plans to prescribe modified ecstasy to patients in the near future as animal and clinical trials will be needed first.

 

How would you feel about being prescribed ecstasy?

i'd be up for partaking in clinical trials

edit: actually no i wouldn't, i suppose i'd have to have cancer

Best drug ever.

Now, the real question is, can taking x prevent cancer?

  On 8/20/2011 at 2:48 PM, jefferoo said:

Now, the real question is, can taking x prevent cancer?

i'm not sure certain Governments would want us to know the answer to that!, if the answer was yes.

no source cited; article devoid of the fancy medical words that might make me believe this. good work.

  On 8/20/2011 at 4:06 PM, hahathhat said:

no source cited; article devoid of the fancy medical words that might make me believe this. good work.

lol, you should take a chill pill !

http://lifestyle.aol.co.uk/2011/08/19/could-ecstasy-cure-cancer/?ncid=wsc-uk-lifestyle-image

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Experts believe that the drug works because it is attracted to the fat in the membranes of the cancerous cells. Researchers think it makes the cells "a bit more soapy", which can break down the membrane and kill the cell.

soapy molecules. this sounds legit

standard pedantic troll-food answer: lots of things are already totally awesome at killing cancer cells. but:

1) delivery mechanism

it's not like you swallow a pill and the pill is an intelligent little cancer-finding submarine. maybe you just poop it out, and it misses the cancer entirely. how do you get it to your brain tumor? insufflation? for this reason, lots of things capable of killing cancer cells are not a cure for cancer.

2) side-effects

it's some isomer or derivative of MDMA. unless Shulgin wrote up some notes, there's no way to know if it's safe/toxic/psychoactive/etc

Something working in a petridish/testtube does not equal a real life cure.

Also could you please post a source for the article, it's absolutely terribly written in terms of providing useful information that enables you to judge the actual merit of these findings.

Sorry if I come across as an asshole but I get really tired of all these miracle drug articles and idiot journalists that make no effort to do a good article on medicine/science that's not some sensationalist bullshit about antioxidants or something quirky about how something from daily life turns out to be key in curing every type of cancer known to man.

  On 8/20/2011 at 4:23 PM, 277: 930-933 said:

Something working in a petridish/testtube does not equal a real life cure.

well, yeah, of course.

this from the, granted, very short and 'unscientific-sounding', silly article...

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This is in the test tube, it could be different in the patient, but for now it's quite exciting."

 

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.......................................................animal and clinical trials will be needed first.

fucking hell, i need to get on the e's.

im probably safe from cancer then, if not from depression and angina

me and a q-dance pill kicked the shit out of cancer yesterday. thanks nederlands

e + a-levels results foam party = really soapy cancer vaccination for teenagers

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You're damn right it could. I've done ecstasy maybe a dozen times and still no cancer.

PS I might have cancer and not know it because I've really never looked into it. But if I found out i had it I'd probably do some E to test out the theory.

xxx ?

  On 8/20/2011 at 4:45 PM, BCM said:

fucking hell, i need to get on the e's.

  On 8/20/2011 at 10:38 PM, Zephyr_Nova said:

You're damn right it could. I've done ecstasy maybe a dozen times and still no cancer.

PS I might have cancer and not know it because I've really never looked into it. But if I found out i had it I'd probably do some E to test out the theory.

you'd be better off getting some mdma...

  On 8/20/2011 at 7:51 PM, tauboo said:

really soapy cancer vaccination for teenagers

 

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Dibs on this as song title.

  On 8/20/2011 at 10:49 PM, sirch said:

you'd be better off getting some mdma...

I'm sure there's going to be some of that mixed in somewhere. It just means i need to do way more E to ensure I get more mdma. Problem solved.

  On 8/20/2011 at 11:06 PM, Zephyr_Nova said:

  On 8/20/2011 at 10:49 PM, sirch said:

you'd be better off getting some mdma...

 

I'm sure there's going to be some of that mixed in somewhere. It just means i need to do way more E to ensure I get more mdma. Problem solved.

lol. errr, that's why you should just go straight for the mdma! (?)

fuck those dirty ol' pills full of god knows what... and a minute amount of actual 'ecstasy'.

On a side not there's been a lot of research suggesting dope has very strong anti cancer properties amongst other benefits.

  On 8/20/2011 at 11:10 PM, sirch said:

  On 8/20/2011 at 11:06 PM, Zephyr_Nova said:

  On 8/20/2011 at 10:49 PM, sirch said:

you'd be better off getting some mdma...

 

I'm sure there's going to be some of that mixed in somewhere. It just means i need to do way more E to ensure I get more mdma. Problem solved.

 

lol. errr, that's why you should just go straight for the mdma! (?)

Cuz I love them delicious impurities!

mdma here is more impure than the pills.

incidentally ive been off the stuff for 6 weeks now and my dreams have gotten so boring all of a sudden.

nope