Multiple Drug Resistant Cells

Most tumors contain a small percentage, approximately 2%, of multiple drug-resistant cells (MDR cells). Chemo is not effective against these cells. After the first round of chemo, if the chemo is effective, all of the cells that are not MDR, do not show up in scans. Since this accounts for the vast majority of the tumor mass, the tumor will appear to be effectively gone (gone where, is something to consider). However, the MDR cells remain and start to multiply. Eventually, a new tumor is formed that is entirely MDR. The next time chemo is used, none of the cells will disapear because they are all MDR. Paw Paw and Graviola are the only cancer treatments that have shown effectiveness against MDR cells.

 

Development

Paw Paw research was performed at Purdue College by Jerry McLaughlin. The majority of the funding (20 years and about 5 million dollars) for this research was provided by NCI. Jerry McLaughlin now works with Nature Sunshine who manufacture Paw Paw twig extract in capsule form.

 

Pharmacology

One of the effects of Paw Paw is to reduce the ATP energy in each cell of our body. Our cells have an electrical potential that effects how the cell processes energy producing substances mostly blood sugar and oxygen from our blood supply