Joicy,this is interesting, I am trying to remember, didn't the apricot
pit rememdy, Laetrrile (discredited by NCJ) contain cyanide?
I hate tapioca pudding. We used to get this when I was in nurse's
training. Maybe I should give it another look! Still looks like fish
eggs though!
God Bless, Jeanne
Becker, Joicy wrote:
>
> Now this is more like it -- I LOVE tapioca! Love, Joicy
>
> Tapioca treatment for cancer
> [04/14/99; BBC News]
>
> Tapioca pudding - widely known as frog's eggs by many school
> pupils - may after all be good for you.
>
> Scientists say the plant from which it is derived may help cure
> cancer.
>
> Tapioca is derived from the cassava plant.
>
> It is one of many plants which manufactures cyanide to deter animals
> who might want to eat it.
>
> It does this by producing a chemical called linamarin which releases
> hydrogen cyanide when it is broken down by the linamarase enzyme.
>
> Geneticists at Newcastle University have been taking genetic material
> from the cassava plant and adding it to a virus.
>
> This is then introduced into cancer cells which have been impregnated
> with linamarin from the cassava plant.
>
> The aim is for the cancer cells to produce hydrogen cyanide in
> high enough doses so that they commit suicide.
>
> The full article can be found at:
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_317000/317467.stm
>
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