Quote of the Day
In experiments using a mouse model of colorectal cancer, researchers observed an extraordinary outcome after administering E. americana through a single intravenous injection. The treatment completely eliminated tumors in every case, resulting in a 100% complete response (CR) rate. This level of effectiveness was far greater than what is typically seen with established cancer therapies such as immune checkpoint inhibitors (anti-PD-L1 antibody) and the chemotherapy drug liposomal doxorubicin (chemotherapy agent).
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
April 10, 2026
Naturally Occurring Bacteria Completely Eradicate Tumors in Mice With a Single Dose
Looking at the “future directions” in the article, I found it odd there was no mention of moving toward use in treating human cancers. Perhaps other scientists will pick up on this and see if it works in humans.
Considering the epidemic of irreproducibility in medical research, the implied future direction is almost always “someone check to see if this works out the way I’ve documented, and furthermore check to see if there are alternate explanations for the observed data”.
Medical research is not quite the grift that “climate science” is, but it’s bigger and the nature of ethically done medical research also has the effect of protecting charlatans long enough for them to have long, well respected and well paid careers. See: Noam Chomsky, and also the guy that has been hamstringing Alzheimer’s research for decades if the hypothesis wasn’t consistent with his earlier research.
Am I anti-science? By no means; I am profoundly pro-science. But there is so little of it being done for so much money. The Science(tm) pays so much better than the rigorous process of science.
For huge pharmaceutical companies, it’s so much more profitable to find a treatment that can be sold to patients for decades rather than to find a “cure” that does not require daily expensive medications year after year. If the study was rigorous and actually discovered a cure it would not be surprising if it disappeared entirely
Yes, if as effective as presented it will absolutely disappear, but only after patenting it so nobody else benefits. Cheap and effective is a direct threat to their bottom line.