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Sherryg683 · 10-17-2008, 10:24 PM

They had something on the news here in Baton Rouge the other night. Seems a doctor/researcher here at LSU has come across something exciting and promising in fighting breast cancer. He has extracted some chemical (can't remember the name) in the "fat" of oysters. When injected into the cancer cell of mice the cancer died within 45 minutes. He said a lot more testing and study needed to be done. In the mean time, it's a good excuse for me to eat more of one of my favorite dishes, raw oysters. Too bad we weren't mice, they seem to be cured rather easily...lol..sherryg683

10-17-2008, 10:24 PM	#1
Sherryg683 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,014	Oysters a cure? They had something on the news here in Baton Rouge the other night. Seems a doctor/researcher here at LSU has come across something exciting and promising in fighting breast cancer. He has extracted some chemical (can't remember the name) in the "fat" of oysters. When injected into the cancer cell of mice the cancer died within 45 minutes. He said a lot more testing and study needed to be done. In the mean time, it's a good excuse for me to eat more of one of my favorite dishes, raw oysters. Too bad we weren't mice, they seem to be cured rather easily...lol..sherryg683 __________________ Sherry Diagnosed: December , 2005 at age 44 13+ positive lymph nodes Stage IV , Her2+, 2 small mets to lungsChemo Started: Jan, 2006 4 months Taxotere, Xeloda, Hercepin NED since April 2006!! 36 Rads to follow with weekly Herceptin indefinately 8 years NED now Scans every year Life is not about avoiding the thunderstorms, it's about learning to dance in the rain!