Florida Man Invents Machine To Cure Cancer John Kanzius
Cancer Research Foundation
By WPBF-TV 25, www.wpbf.com
SANIBEL ISLAND, Fla. -- A Florida man with no medical
training has invented a machine that he believes may lead to
a cure for cancer.
John Kanzius, who turns 63 on March 1, is a former
broadcast executive from Pennsylvania who wondered if his
background in physics and radio could come in handy in
treating the disease from which he suffers himself.
Inside his Sanibel Island garage, Kanzius invented a
machine he believes sits on the brink of a major medical
breakthrough. The machine began to take shape four years
ago, when his dreams of retirement were put on hold after he
was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia.
Kanzius' invention is not flashy, and it looks like a
piece of 20th-century hardware. It doesn't even have a name.
"It's a kick-ass cancer cell generator," Kanzius called it.
After 24 rounds of chemotherapy, the former broadcaster
decided that he did not want to see others suffer trying to
cure the disease. Kanzius said it was watching kids being
treated that affected him the most.
"Particularly, young children walk in with smiles, and
then you'd see them three weeks later and their smiles had
disappeared. I said to myself, 'We're in a barbaric type of
medicine,'" Kanzius told WPBF.
He began tinkering with pie plates and hot dogs, trying
to use his broadcasting background to kill the cancerous
cells. Kanzius said his machine basically makes cells act
like antennae to pick up a signal and self-destruct.
Unlike current cancer treatment, Kanzius' machine does
not use radiation, and unlike today's radio-frequency
treatments, it's noninvasive.
Now, some of the nation's most prominent doctors and
scientists are using Kanzius' machines in their research. In
January, researchers said they performed a breakthrough at
the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
"The complete killing of pancreatic cells in laboratory
conditions is encouraging," Dr. Steve Curley said. Curley is
currently testing whether cancerous tumors can be wiped out
in animals.
"We've got a lot more work to do, but this is very
interesting preliminary work," Curley told WPBF.
Kanzius explained that his machine uses a solution filled
with nanoparticles, which measure no more than one-billionth
of a meter. A test subject would be injected with either
gold or carbon nanoparticles, which would make their way
through the body and attach to the cancerous cells. The test
subject would then enter the machine and receive a dose of
radio frequency waves, theoretically heating and killing the
cancerous cells in moments and leaving nearby cells
untouched.
"That is the holy grail -- when they attach, and research
has shown that they're able to kill them once they attach to
the cancer cells," Kanzius said.
Kanzius said he hopes to begin human testing with his
machine within the next two years.
"The results look too phenomenal for anyone to stop at
this point in time. I don't think the largest research
center in the world would put time and effort and their name
on a project if they did not think it would work," Kanzius
told WPBF.
Kanzius told WPBF he does not want to try and build up
false hope, but he mentioned that there could be some major
announcements coming from researchers in the next coming
months.
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