Jacinto Convit
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Jacinto Convit García is a Venezuela
n Medic and Scientist. In 1987, he received a Prince of Asturias Award
in the Scientific and Technical Research category.
In 1988, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Medicine, for developing a vaccine to fight leprosy, by combining a tuberculosis (TB) vaccines with Mycobacterium Leprae.
intended to fight colon, stomach and breast cancer.
On June 2010 the "Instituto de Biomedicina" published a note clarifying that they have been working for the last 3 years on a vaccine against cancer and it's still in development. During this time they have been evaluating a small group of 23 patients, mostly breast cancer and a few of colon, stomach and brain cancers. They have been giving patients an experimental model of immunotherapy against cancer, which have had encouraging results. They clarify that is a therapeutic and not prophylactic vaccine
.
This vaccine is based on the idea that cancerous cells appear and propagate because the body doesn't detect them. A sample of the tumour mixed with formalin
and BCG
marks the malignous cells so the immune system reacts and attacks the cancer.
This experimental treatment has a big advantage over the use of traditional quimiotherapy: It has very few side effects. BCG has been used against tuberculosis for a long time on millions of people with no consequences.
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
n Medic and Scientist. In 1987, he received a Prince of Asturias Award
Prince of Asturias Awards
The Prince of Asturias Awards are a series of annual prizes awarded in Spain by the Prince of Asturias Foundation to individuals, entities or organizations from around the world who make notable achievements in the sciences, humanities, and public affairs....
in the Scientific and Technical Research category.
In 1988, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Medicine, for developing a vaccine to fight leprosy, by combining a tuberculosis (TB) vaccines with Mycobacterium Leprae.
Cancer vaccine
On June 7th 2010, a Venezuelan newspaper announced the successful development by Dr. Jacinto Convit of a new Cancer vaccineCancer vaccine
The term cancer vaccine refers to a vaccine that either prevents infections with cancer-causing viruses, treats existing cancer or prevents the development of cancer in certain high risk individuals...
intended to fight colon, stomach and breast cancer.
On June 2010 the "Instituto de Biomedicina" published a note clarifying that they have been working for the last 3 years on a vaccine against cancer and it's still in development. During this time they have been evaluating a small group of 23 patients, mostly breast cancer and a few of colon, stomach and brain cancers. They have been giving patients an experimental model of immunotherapy against cancer, which have had encouraging results. They clarify that is a therapeutic and not prophylactic vaccine
Vaccine
A vaccine is a biological preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism, and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe or its toxins...
.
This vaccine is based on the idea that cancerous cells appear and propagate because the body doesn't detect them. A sample of the tumour mixed with formalin
Formaldehyde
Formaldehyde is an organic compound with the formula CH2O. It is the simplest aldehyde, hence its systematic name methanal.Formaldehyde is a colorless gas with a characteristic pungent odor. It is an important precursor to many other chemical compounds, especially for polymers...
and BCG
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin
Bacillus Calmette-Guérin is a vaccine against tuberculosis that is prepared from a strain of the attenuated live bovine tuberculosis bacillus, Mycobacterium bovis, that has lost its virulence in humans by being specially subcultured in an artificial medium for 13 years, and also prepared from...
marks the malignous cells so the immune system reacts and attacks the cancer.
This experimental treatment has a big advantage over the use of traditional quimiotherapy: It has very few side effects. BCG has been used against tuberculosis for a long time on millions of people with no consequences.
External links
- http://jacintoconvit.blogspot.com/ Blog about Jacinto Convit's work (in Spanish)
- document Immunotherapy autovaccine for cancer treatment (in Spanish)