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Hi this is Dr. Robert Elliott and I thought it was time to give all of our followers a research update on some exciting evens that have taken place in the last several months. As most of you might know, I was called to Washington and met with the Secretary of Health and Human Services Dr. […]

This is a continuation of cancer as a metabolic disease due to mitochondrial dysfunction.  We will discuss our initial work on the Mitochondrial Organelle Transplantation. I stated on the last post about cancer as a metabolic disease and some of the results of our mitochondrial organelle transplantation would be presented. I am sorry I am

Warburg and cancer as a metabolic disease due to mitochondrial dysfunction I have decided to post information on the exciting research that has consumed us the past seven years.  This research was stimulated by the wonderful work of Otto Warburg. He is one of my research heroes. He stated that cancer was caused by a defect in

Any type of cancer immunotherapy works better when there is less tumor burden.  In other words, a cancer vaccine is most effective when there are minimal cancer cells in the body, such as after a cancer tumor is removed or after chemotherapy. There is rationale of using immunotherapy after standard of care therapy and when

Last week we discussed the importance of host immunity in survival of the cancer patient and how we evaluate that immunity. Now we want to briefly tell you what we do with that information about a cancer patients immune system. Cancer vaccines may be used as additional (adjuvant) treatment after completion of the standard of

Now that we have discussed the importance of evaluating a cancer patient’s immune system before any treatment is started, we will discuss the specific blood tests we use to get a detailed summary of a person’s immune system. Complete Blood Count (CBC) – this blood test gives information on a person’s red blood cells (RBC), white

As we have previously written, most patients with cancer are treated with some combination of either surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation treatment. The patient’s immune system is often ignored during the current treatment of cancer.  We have published numerous papers on the importance of studying and treating the cancer patients immune system also know as host

A cancer treatment that has recently received a lot of attention in medical reports and even to the public by TV ads. Some great results have been achieved in some patients, but in my opinion there is still much to be done. We are still too much involved with treating the disease and often forgetting