Cuba Finds Lung Cancer Drug

[tdlfoto]

Lung Cancer Vaccine by Cuban Communism (CimaVax-EGF)

Posted by Maoist Rebel News on 2011 09 15

After 25 years of researching and development, Cuban scientists have created a vaccine for lung cancer. This was reported on the Huffington Post website, which got the story from China’s Xinhuanet news agency. They had to get the story from there because the United States is blocking Cuban media as part of the embargo.

“The vaccine, or CimaVax-EGF, works through the active drug ingredient, which is based on ‘a protein we all have when cancer is uncontrolled,’ as the publication reported.”

Important to note is that the vaccine is not a preventative medicine, the drug has the ability to attack cancer which already exist in the body of the victim.

“The drug could turn the cancer into a manageable, chronic disease by generating antibodies against the proteins which triggered the uncontrolled cell proliferation. It is not possible to prevent the disease but this vaccine improves significantly the status of the critically ill patients.”

- Gisela Gonzalez, head researcher of CimaVax-EGF

Right now CimaVax-EGF has gone through clinical studies and trials in over 1,000 patients across the island and is currently distributed free of charge in all hospitals of the socialist nation.

The capitalist media propaganda machine has already begun working on undermining this great achievement of medical science and socialism. Xinhuanet has reported that the drug has gone through trials, but the Huffington Post is saying, “The vaccine has allegedly been tested on 1,000 patients in Cuba, but it’s difficult to verify.” In actuality it is not difficult to verify, information is available. This is a very sad attempt to sabotage an important medical breakthrough simply because a socialist nation, which the US has been against for 50 years, accomplished it without markets or a profit motive.

At this moment lung cancer is the most lethal cancer in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 158,683 people died from it in 2007. While Cuba is distributing the medication for free among patients, no doubt US companies will be charging a great deal for it.

Interesting how it only took Cuba 25 years to develop this drug, yet capitalist pharmaceutical companies have been working on it for decades. Many in the conspiracy community believe that a cure or vaccine has not been forthcoming because it is more profitable for people to have cancer and the medications associated with its treatment. Now that this vaccine has been created under socialism away from the capitalist profit motive, it will no doubt fuel these claims.

Sources:

Lung Cancer Deaths Source

Story Sources:

Huffington Post

Xinhuanet

[Colt45]

.....but the Huffington Post is saying, “The vaccine has allegedly been tested on 1,000 patients in Cuba, but it’s difficult to verify.”

Here's the complete quote / context:

The vaccine has allegedly been tested on 1,000 patients in Cuba, but it's difficult to verify. If so, it could greatly improve the outlook of patients with what is widely regarded as one of the most deadly and common forms of cancer.

P.S. I'm assuming that everything else after the huffington post line is your own personal commentary, as I've

not found that in any of the linked stories?

[Habanos2000]

Hope it's true, but I feel news from Cuba through China needs to be taken with a warehouse full of salt.

[PigFish]

"... the capitalist propaganda machine....!!!!" Now that is funny! Are we talking about the same lands where the internet is limited, restricted or nonexistent because the government cannot control the content? Oh, yeah... that would be the workers paradise states, China and Cuba.

So what is the score now? Communist launch first satellite into orbit and arguably have found the cure for, but it is called a vaccine for, lung cancer? Someone at the Fluffington post might wish to look up the definition of vaccine before writing about it. On the other hand, they (communist tyrants) are responsible for an excess of 100 million deaths, mostly their own people as they evolve into their utopian states. Lets see.... that's 100,000,000/2... not good odds as I see it! I prefer the odds of living in the land of capitalist propaganda!!!

On a positive note I have the utmost respect for the individuality and ingenuity of people. Many people are not responsible for the fact that they live in a tyrannical state. If a modern miracle of science is to come from Cuban research, it is due solely to the ingenuity of the individual or group of individuals that have the collective brain resources to envision and create such a cure. Creativity is not the credit of government, not any of them, it is the genius of individual people that brings creativity to life. If true, I raise a glass to the men and women of science, Cuban Communist, or otherwise and say job well done. This is a tribute to the nature of man. While communism can kill men by the millions, it really cannot kill the free spirit of mankind no matter how hard it tries.

Cheers, Piggy

[CBL]

Interesting news, that raises a few questions.

If all goes well with this vaccine/medicine will the stigma of smoking be lifted? Or will those lung cancer pictures at least change to: "Smoking causes lung cancer, but there's a vaccine"?

And if Cuba is the frontrunner in this medical breakthrough and possibly the main manufacturer, will the American government put it's tail between it's legs and lift the embargo to make the vaccine available for it's citizens or will they be stubborn and try to get the vaccine through China?

Whatever the case, if it's all true, it's a great medical leap forward and hopefully a "medicine" like this can pave the way for a real cure for cancer.

[Fuzz AI]

Interesting how it only took Cuba 25 years to develop this drug, yet capitalist pharmaceutical companies have been working on it for decades.

It's a lot easier to trial new drugs when you don't need to worry about little things like waiting for years until animal trials are approved, let alone human trials. I guess accidentally killing your test subjects isn't much of a concern when you're already doing that through other methods.

[mazolaman]

The development of such medicines,and various other things are encouraged by the government.

Partly as a result of the embargo,they couldn't get medicine,so they had to try and make it with what they had.Some of it didn't work,but credit is due to when it does.

I don't think anyone could knock the Cuban health system.

[PigFish]

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Winner by knock out!!!

It's a lot easier to trial new drugs when you don't need to worry about little things like waiting for years until animal trials are approved, let alone human trials. I guess accidentally killing your test subjects isn't much of a concern when you're already doing that through other methods.

[mazolaman]

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Winner by knock out!!!

Yeah,lets celebrate by going outside and shooting things....yeahhhh.

Doesn't the USA still have the death penalty?

I do love our little chats.........

[tdlfoto]

or you could export your drug testing to other nations http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11457552

or your own (mostly poor) people... http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/13-american-drug-industry-uses-the-poor-as-human-guinea-pigs/

and, shall we really tally up the immesurable amount of suffering and death that America's corporations and its puppet govt have spread around the wolrd? or should we say liberty?

[Colt45]

There, do we all feel better now?

any more by any member gets deleted.