Cancer & HIV Controlled With ONCONASE

Pearse Ward wardp at herald.usask.ca
Sat May 13 17:39:52 EST 1995


In article <3p2j1m$nn8 at usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, gn686 at cleveland.Freenet.Edu
(Carmine M. Zingarino) wrote:

> Cancer & HIV Controlled With ONCONASE, A Novel RNase Therapeutic
> by Carmine M. Zingarino
> 
> ABSTRACT - What is ONCONASE?
> 
>    The word "ONCONASE" is a contraction of the words ONCOLOGY and 
> RIBONUCLEASE (RNASE).  It is used to identify a protein substance 
> that possesses anti-cancer properties and RNase specific 
> enzymatic activities.
>    In fact, Onconase is a ribonuclease protein (RNase) derived 
> from the eggs (oocytes) and early embryos of the leopard frog 

[thinly disguised commercial troll deleted]

One question; how do you get a ribonuclease into every cell in a tumour?
If you can't this "treatment" is useless. The fact that it will degrad HIV
gRNA in a test tube means nothing. RNAse A will do the same thing but it
isn't been touted as a cure for AIDS.

Pearse



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