Monday, May 01, 2006

Australian lawn weed might cure some skin cancers

Amazing what you can do with the "raw sap of petty spurge".
Initial trials show just two applications of the PEP005 Topical gel on two consecutive days cleared up 71 per cent of basal cell carcinomas, or BCCs, the most common type of skin cancer.
Makes you wonder how much native knowledge is lost. My man (Steven Seagal) made a mediocre movie about this theme, but he was too heavy handed. US Army helicopters dropping flower petals? C'mon Steve, you can do better than that.

Anyway, the point is, we're destroying the rainforests and modernizing the few hunter-gatherer societies that remain, and we have no idea what we may be losing in the process. I wish I had an answer.

2 comments:

  1. That's interesting. Thanks for sharing it. Those Aussie's have many interesting things coming to light. I was just looking up where I could buy the "bright green clover ground cover" that you never need mow, stays beautiful, can be trampled on, and thickens into a lush lawn. I wasn't sure whether to leave that comment on the new mower pix. tee hee. I wonder if it would do well here in the Keys. I'll keep my eye on what will happen on this with our FDA A**'s.

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  2. I figured this article would be of interest to you. You're right, the FDA will block it unless some US corporation can make a bundle off a patent.

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