Sheila Underhill wrote: > > What you said about cancer cells & oxygen (H2o2) has me interested, since > one of the treatments for candida is to drink or take H2o2 intravenously... > Would this tend to promote cancer, or are we candida sufferers so deficient > in O2 (which is the theory) that we would not create enough of an excess to > promote cancer? > > Any thoughts? > > Sheila >
Hi Sheila, Oxygen radicals are known "promoters" of cancer. They do not cause it. It requires several things to happen. First damage must occur to the DNA of the cell,this is usually repaired. Next the cell with the damaged DNA must divide before repairs are made. The new cell now has damaged DNA but doen`t recognize it and does not repair it. You don`t have cancer yet. Next a "promoter" comes along and sensitizes the cell, binding to the DNA and changing its fuction. You don`t have cancer yet. Then an "initiator" comes along and causes more damage to the DNA. Now you have a cancer. There are many promoters, oxygen radicals are only one of them. Cancer is now know to be the result of genetic damage to the cell (DNA damage).Most of the new knowledge is so recent that any book older than 1996 is out of date and incorrect, when disussing cancer. A good starting point to get up to speed would be *Its Life Itself* by Boyce Rensberger, ISBN 0-19-510874-4. Bless you Bob Lee -- oozing on the muggy shore of the gulf coast [email protected] -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
