The administering procedure requires a blender and a big syringe. Shark cartilage powder is mixed with sterile water and given to the patients rectally, and later by pills. Patients often take shark cartilage by enema because of the high doses required and because shark cartilage tastes very bad, often inducing nausea in the amount recommended. AE-941 is a cartilage extract. Although derived from shark cartilage, it is different from the raw product.
Angiogenesis refers to a process necessary to the growth of tumors.
Scientists are now working to discover effective ways of halting the blood supply to tumor cells. Lane, PhD, holds a bachelors and masters degree in Nutrition from Cornell University and a doctorate in Agricultural Biochemistry from Rutgers University. Lane has studied the medical application of shark cartilage as a healing agent since 1982. Currently, Lane heads Cartilage Consultants, Inc., in Short Hills, New Jersey. Pending regulatory review, the trials are scheduled to begin in early 1999.