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Schizophrenia Drugs May Halt Cancer - Australia

Health & Wellness (tags: australia, research, cancer, cells, schizophrenia, breast cancer, anti-psychotic, university )

Chrissy
- 187 days ago - abc.net.au

An Australian researcher says a drug used to treat schizophrenia could help treat cancer. Sarah Ongeley from the University of New South Wales made the claims, based on preliminary research on an anti-psychotic drug, at this week's Australian Society for

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Chrissy N. (118)

Friday June 5, 2009, 4:06 am
She found the most promising was the anti-psychotic called pimozide, which killed lung, breast and brain cancer cells in-vitro.

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Mimi J. (131)

Friday June 5, 2009, 8:05 am
Wow!

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sue w. (153)

Friday June 5, 2009, 7:50 pm
Don't buy into this crapp, while it may kill cancer these drugs kill your brain cells. It is a paralyzer to the brain. While you may no longer have Cancer you get Diabetes, heart problems and other major problems and mutations. This is just another Big Pharma ploy to get you hooked for life while their pockets get full.

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Joan for Peace (401)

Friday June 5, 2009, 8:17 pm
maybe we will have something to help all the cancer sufferers soon. i pray so. thanks for the good news we get so little of it

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