Kanzious Machine for Cancer Treatment headed to Trials

Marian,

Thanks for that additional info. I found another article that says the first human trials will be in Italy with the Kanzius machine…..probably in 2016 and that the “hope” is that the trials (if successful) will then be replicated at Baylor probably in 2017 pending FDA approval to start. Then phase II trials would be held at various locations in the US.

Julie

Gavin and Marian, Thank you for your response. As I said, I’ve been following the research on this since I was diagnosed and found a few articles about it. I think I may have actually posted about it a time or two….or maybe it was just in private emails to other CC people.

I’m just very curious as to where the first trials WILL be held…..and if they “might” include CC patients (under the liver catagory), …..and….of course, WHEN will they officially start recruiting?

Due to the way it was invented and by a non-medical person, it was initially looked upon as junk science. The inventor was a ham radio operator and radio station owner. But, having a husband who is also a “Ham” (as they call themselves) and an electrical engineer involved in radio development for 41 years for a major company dealing with radios for high tech planes/defense industry, I realized that there was some validity in the “idea” so it caught my attention.

The Kanzius machine is not a glorified microwave oven. It does not damage other nearby tissue as a microwave would do. Both use radio waves….but the frequency is what is changed to crreate a different result. Microwaves zero in on water -containing material (think human tissue which is made of a large percentage of water) . The Kanzius machine uses a different frequency that doesn’t act on water, but instead zeros in on the nanoparticles that are injected into the body and which bind with cancer cells. It heats up those nanoparticles and they then vaporize the cancer cells or tumors. That’s a pretty simplistic explanation, and I still may not have explained it 100% accurately, but I’ve seen people refute the Kansius machine, arguing that it was nothing more than what is already available with ablation we now have and would simply be a big microwave oven and if the operator wasn’t totally accurate, they’d damage other tissue. That kind of remark is a lack of understanding of the science involved in radio waves. I do not claim to know all about the science involved…..but just enough to get excited about it.

Dr. Curley, who has been conducting the research on the Kanzius machine is a world known researcher with Baylor School of medicine and with ties to MD Anderson. He did some of the original work on “ablation” research years ago. He has a distinguished reputation in the medical research community and as such, the idea of him putting his name and reputation on this for research gives it more validity. This has garnered the attention of many in the field of cancer research and treatment for the last several years and now that the FDA has approved human trials, it seems that there should be more info forthcoming. Due to the nature of the machine….killing the cancer cells immediately, it would seem that results should be fairly fast and hopefully, it won’t take a long time to get results posted to the medical community. But, I don’t know how all that works.

The main issue that I can gather from the reading I’ve done, is that of the body excreting the residual nanoparticle and destroyed tissue (depending on the bulk) without causing problems with the kidneys. A researcher iin another country is using a different nanoparticle with a similar machine he put together. That nano particle breaks down faster and better biochemically, than the ones (gold and something else)that are currently being used in the Kanzius machine experimentation.

Basically…..it appears to me that this is not junk science and if the FDA has now approved it for human trial (which they have) it appears that they concur. Normally, I don’t get too excited about research, but this is one that if the Kanzius Foundation was still taking donations(they’re not), I’d donate some myself. And, though I’m nortiously NOT a gambler…..I’d buy stock if it were available. Since I can’t do either……Now, to wait and watch….pray and hope.

Julie T.