Shark blood cancer cure?

Speaking as a biologist and cancer researcher the statement shark blood can cure cancer is a lie. The article did not say anything about curing cancer. What it did say is that the antibodies from sharks can potentially slow down the growth of cancer cells. This is great but it is not a cure. Additionally, they are speculating that the antibodies that bind to cancer cells might be able to stimulate a human's immune system to kill the cancer cell. Once again this is only speculation and has not been tested. If shark antibodies were a cure for cancer, eating shark fin soup or any other cuisine containing shark meat would not do the job. Cancer is a problem that is too complicated to be cured by one thing. Let alone by shark antibodies. Do the world a favor. When you read something like this article don't make it more than what it says. Think and recognize that slow the growth of cancer cells does not equal cure person of cancer. It means exactly what it says. It slows down the growth and spread of cancer. And in this case it has not been tested in human so no one knows how they will work in a living human body.

A pill, huh? Considering we're not the same species, do we have to keep taking pills to restock on the antibodies? Or is it POSSIBLE for us to reproduce that type of antibody "naturally"? (I'm guessing we probably can... but I'd need some verification, since I'm not sure.)

And there goes humans thinking of themselves before other animals and nature... And also how short-sighted they are too. One- longer living people-> more people alive at a given time-> overpopulation-> more space/food/supplies needed-> more cultivation-> land clearing=killing nature/natural animal habitats. The other was killing the sharks to get the antibodies. It's not like you have to kill the shark to get some of "its"/his/her blood... Not only that, but you can probably recreate the enzyme or something like that once you get it out.

Oh, and solution for overpopulation? Let's start expanding and move onto Mars! Not only can you solve overpopulation, you can reduce disease because you have so much space and can quarintine anyone to make sure they're "perfectly healty"! (and yes, I'm being sarcastic, though the idea is perfectly possible, though it would cost a lot of money and time, which doesn't seem too inviting either. Not only that, but what'd probably happen is some discommunication between people on Earth and Mars and a separation, so... not too inviting.

Curing cancer is not the solution.

It's all about prevention..

There's been mention of Deep Blue Sea in relation to this article. What I find to be an even more fascinating connection is the fact that the same guy who produced that stinker was also behind I Am Legend, Akiva Goldsman. For those who haven't seen both movies, the essential premise of each is that a radical cancer cure goes completely awry. Maybe Mr. Goldsman is trying to tell us something? ;)

poor sharks, first fin soup, now cancer cures...just let people die its natural! Cancer sucks, but so does over population. We keep our fatally sick alive as long as possible, our old way past their use, and still diseases exist. If we cure cancer, another will replace it. This is the way life works.

hahhaha have you seen deep blue see a shark ate me a fing shark ate me hahla\

it seems that as we go forth into the future there have been more and more significant breakthroughs in medicine, science, technology and new understandings of were we came or what we cam from.
(which makes me think if the goverment somehow is behind this conspiracy theory lol)

sharks blood can cure cancer?
thats crazy

this is very interseting!
:O

i never knew that or i would
of never even thought something like this

shark blood?
really?

i think it could work
it might not be real
but i still support it.

Ugh, you people. Seriously.
They wouldn't have to go out and "kill all the sharks".... they would recreate the enzymes in the blood that have this potential. Like Vaccines?

It's no wonder the world laughs at Americans.

This research is bullshit and everyone in the scientific community knows it.

There are looking seed money and grants. Total lies. Fuck these idiots.

I'm pretty sure the Chinese have been using shark bits in their medicines for AGES...but if it's going to help cancer, then it's good...if there are any sharks left by the time they figure it out

You have to wonder how it is those creatures can survive for so many years. and to our knowledge they live their lives relatively free of disease or illness.

By the way I was eaten by a friggen shark. A shark ate me. lol

Samuel L. Jackson is crap

Sounds like a potential discovery, though I hope people don't start getting too over-excited at the idea of shark-cures and start mass-ordering shark fin soup. A sure-fire way of losing a potential cancer cure - and an amazing species too.

so a bit of shark blood mixed in whit some radio active scorpion venom
and BAM cancers gone

Please tell me something has changed and I am just the last one to know it. That would so make my day.

Unless laws did change, Japanese or other shark fishing boats will go, catch sharks, remove the fins, and toss the sharks back into the water, causing more sharks to come, and massive slaughters of every kind of shark to happen. They kill sharks until their holds are full of nothing but fins in most every case. That's what brings in the bucks the fins. Anyone realize the amount of sharks it takes to do that? It's massive. And I think totally irresponsible.

So guys, there is Plenty of shark blood if we make them preserve it. Then maybe the lives of the sharks won't be so in vain. And it would take up more room on their ships if they had to bring back blood and fins, or sharks whole... even better.

That whole deal has always made me upset. Like shark fin soup is that great anyhow.
I never had it, but I don't eat seafood, even in Japan, I just don't seafood. ick.

You don't need to kill 100 sharks to get their information and use it to Fight cancer. Sharks have been around for muuuchhh longer than us and have sustained all types of diseases.

Sounds Good.

is it all sharks or certain species. i bet if you take mako antibodies you become fast as lightning.

No one said anything about killing sharks. We can learn about their immunological responses with a few vials of blood, much like immunological research with humans. That's what makes this even more fascinating.

No one's up in arms about their local grocer serving up la sharke in the meat section of their deli. Seeing as we're cloning I'm sure there's something we can learn about the makeup of the antibody and reproduce it. I just saw a trailer with Christian Bale going at it with a 50 foot robot armed w/ a space age anti aircraft gun. I'm sure we can make it happen, people!

If this is true, kill all sharks for the people who have cancer.We can regulate the kills to a point. After all humans are on the upper link of the food chain.

A bit late - sharks are on the verge of extinction because of man.

the lord gave us animals so that we can eat them, and use them to help us. that does not mean we can go and kill them all off, but this could save thousands of lives.

hey @least the researchers are trying some other resources to help us! we dont have to live our whole lives dependent on chemically made drugs!

First the virgin birth of Jawsus, now Jawsus can potentially cure cancer? IT REALLY IS JAWSUS!!

what happens after people have taken the shark anti-bodies for an extended amount of time and grow gills? huh?! then what?!

great now we are gonna kill off all the sharks just to save a few humans