Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-13
1t Is Parasitic Disease, Infectious
In Type, and Has Been Trans.
planted and Reproduced.
IT PROBABLY CAN Be CURED.
Healthy Animals Have Been InOccu
lated, and They Have
Been Cured.

Buffalo, n, Y, Jan. 13-scientists
who since 1899 have been studying cam
Ger at the Gratwlch pathological labor
atory OF the University Of Buffalo, un-
der the patronage OF the state Of New
York. are said to be preparing a re-
port which indicates that they are
nearing the solution Of a great prob
lem. According 10 those who have taken
part in the work, II has been proved
that cancer Is a parasitic disease, in
fectous in type It has been transplant
ed and reproduced In perfectly healthy
animals that the reproduction has been
through cancer as IL exists In the hui
man, and that the disease IN animals
has been cured by the administration
OF serum prepared In the laboratory.
What remains now ls the application Of
the results Of animal experimentation
to the cure Of the disease as II exists
in the human being,
Much work remains to be done be-
fore Or. Roswell Park, director of the
laboratory viii be prepared to make
the final announcement OF a serum
suitable for use in the alienation and
cure Of cancer in human beings, but
that this will be forthcoming in due
time is declared to be an almost as
sured fact.
Additional interest is given to the
matter because OF the conclusions
reached recently by the cancer COM
mission OF Harvard Medical college.
when that body gave up all further
consideration OF the subject aud am
nounced that cancer was neither con-
tagious nor hereditary; that the only
cure for the disease was early operation
at the hands Of the surgeon and that
no discovery had been made which of
fers any hope for cure of cancer.
The white mice used for the expert
ments IN the Buffalo laboratory were
obtained from Prof, Jensen OF Copen-
hagen about year ago Although tho
animals died between New York and
Buffalo, NEGOTIATIONS from one were
successful IN several mice, and by re-
peated transportation n large number
OF mice with cancer have been avail
able for experimentation. The occur
renee which led to the discovery Of tho
serum in question was the spontaneous
recovery Of several mich which had
been inoccuated.
Possibility Of the animals overcoming
the cancer led the eypeumenters TO IN
vcstigato the conditions under which
this occurred, aud having for some
time had in mind the possibility Of the
serum treatment for cancer, they con-
Quoted n series of experiments which,
they declare, have proved beyond pues-
ton that the blood OF mice which ro-
covered possesses an anti-toXic quality,
and when injected into mice suffering
with cancer stops the growth, and when
the tumors are not too large causes
their disappearance and leaves tho
mouse so protected that the tumors do
not return.
Further experiments then showed
that the mice cured I'm this manner like
wise possess I'm their blood an anti-toXin
which works In q similar way, showing
that the cure IL the result Of the de-
velopment of n special immunity from
cancer
Tho field which is opened by these
primary experiments Is apparently a
difficult ono, but the scientists are fully
confident that they prove In principle
that not only IL cancer durable, but eN-
tend the hope that some means may be
found to develop similar human SER
um (which can be applied 20 human be.
ings.