Cuban doctors have filed March 26 in Havana, the result of 14 years of research, a solution of antitumor peptides whose natural analogue is able to offer positive dynamics in cancer treatments.
According to Cuban specialists, what makes this solution unique is that peptides can act in areas of the human body that are impossible to operate on or treat with chemotherapy or other modern therapies.
A clear example of the success of the new method is the child, Leo, who was suffering from brain cancer. Now the boy looks like a regular guy and it is hard to tell at first glance that a few months ago he won a battle against death. The place where Leo had the tumor did not allow submission to the operation he needed, as undergoing the operation meant running a great risk of losing his life. The only possible remedy was using the minor drug developed by Cuban researchers Labiofam business group based on natural peptides.
Although the drug is still passing through the experimental phase, it has already demonstrated its specialist curative properties. The specialist in clinical trials at Labiofam, Niudis Cruz Zamora, highlighted the effectiveness of the product in the treatment of the child Leo. ”The patient began with a huge lesion measuring height thirty-two millimeters, a big hydrocephalus, and during the seven months he was bedridden he was only treated with the solution of natural peptides. The height decreased from 32.4 to 27.1 and in May 2013, the lesion reached its minimum size, ” he explained
Patients treated with the solution include people with advanced disease who have no alternative oncology. “I was as a vegetable, could not do anything, could not walk, could not talk, … for me this was a breakthrough,” says Abreu Yarislenis Castaneda who returned to a normal life thanks to the innovation of Labiofam. Experts say thanks to its impressive effect, which improves the quality of life of patients, the solution was the basis for a medicine that could become an ultimate weapon against cancer.
According to representatives of the company, the product could revolutionize the market. The scientists noted that they are not trying to create false expectations but solid tests on animals showed that 90% reduction of the tumor was achieved and in some cases it’s almost total disappearance. “There does not exist in the international database any active ingredients with similar effects,” says research scientist Labiofam, Alexis Díaz García. “We are anticipating that it can become a future formulation which can resolve the cases of cancer that have no solution, we are talking of breast, colon, prostate, which rank first in cancer mortality,” he added.
However, the company plans go beyond healing. The head of the business group, Jose Antonio Fraga, said that “this product is to be effective both in treating patients and prevention of disease.” Managers Research Center of Cuba are confident that the innovative drug production will be a major step in the near future to address this evil which takes millions of lives annually.