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July 05, 2021
A breast milk- based treatment has the potential to cure bladder cancer with no side effects.
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An “accidental” potential cancer cure developed from breast milk has reached a new milestone following human trials.
Results from phase II trials of a drug made from alpha-lactalbumin, the most common protein in human milk, bound to oleic acid, have shown to be effective in killing bladder cancer cells.
The biggest advantage of the drug known as Hamlet is that, unlike traditional therapy, it does not harm healthy cells, so there are no side effects.
The protein compound’s impact on cancer cells was discovered by accident in the 1990s when Swedish professor Catharina Svanborg was experimenting with breast milk to understand how it was able to fight off germs.