Inventor may have breakthrough in killing cancer cells
John Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation
Inventor from Erie, P.A. teams up with leading cancer
center.
The work has been quietly been going on for the last
three years in a no-frills laboratory in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Inventor, John Kanzius, working with Jim and Charlie
Rutkowski, have been perfecting a device that will kill
cancer cells with a radio frequency.
This humble workspace could soon become the epicenter of
one of the most stunning scientific breakthroughs in cancer
treatment in years.
Using the Kanzius RF machine and special nanoparticles,
it appears that cancer cells can be targeted and killed
without harming the rest of the body.
This is a deeply personal mission for John Kanzius. He is
struggling to beat leaukemia. And he knows firsthand how
tough standard treatments like chemotherapy and radiation
can be on the body.
Kanzius told Channel 3's Mike O'Mara that, "If this ends
up working they way it looks, it really could be the holy
grail of cancer research."
The entire city of Erie is buzzing about John's
invention. Two weekends ago, thousands turned out for a
motorcycle rally called "Roar On The Shore". All the money
is going to help John's cancer research.
Ralph Pontillo is the head of the Erie Manufacturers
Association. He is proud that his city can help the Kanzius
project.
"It's amazing, said Ralph, "that in the very near future
someone is going to stick a pin on a map and say this is
where cancer was cured. And that pin is going to be Erie,
Pennsylvania. That blows your mind and that is
inconceivable."
Former Erie Mayor, Joyce Savocchio, said "there are
nights that I think about it and I can't go to sleep. It
just enfolds you that you are on the brink of history and
something so enormous that you can't imagine it."
The excitement is not limited to Erie, Pennsylvania. In
Houston, Texas at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, a team of
scientists believe that John Kanzius has the key to
something extraordinary.
MD Anderson is one of the most respected cancer centers
in the world. 79 thousand cancer patients were treated at
the huge campus in Houston last year.
Doctor Steven Curley is leading the research team at MD
Anderson. Dr. Curley is the author of over 110 publications
and 30 book chapters, many dealing with the treatment of
patients with hepotocellular cancer, gallbladder cancer,
bile duct cancer, or liver metastases.
Curley is brimming with cautious optimism.
"If we can come up with ways of delivering these
particles to the cancer cells, but not to normal cells,"
Curley said, "this treatment will work. There's not a doubt
in my mind. Any kind of cancer, anywhere in the body!"
Doctor Curley's team is ready to publish their first
results using laboratory animals. So far, the targeted
nanoparticles and the Kanzius RF machine have passed every
test.
"There is a great deal of work that has to be done", said
Curley. "However, I suspect once the manuscripts are
published, there's going to be a real rush of excitement
about this whole process. I've already warned John to get
ready because the floodgates are about to open."
Kanzius wants to make sure his invention does not get
sidelined by an unsympathetic corporation that might not
want see an effective treatment on the market.
Said Kanzius, "venture capitalists, big pharmaceuticals
that might want to buy this to tempt me and stop the
research, not going to happen. There is no amount of money
that can buy me off. You can not put a price on a human
life."
When the revolutionary treatment is ready for human
clinical trials, you can bet that Erie, Pennsylvania will go
to the front of the line. And why not, since the inventor
lives just a few miles away.
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