Chemists at UCF are unconventionally working on a new way to cure cancer.
Using organic salt and light that can theoretically kill cancer cells, the therapy that has been eight years in the making could be useful to treating melanoma, breast, colon, and prostate cancer according to researchers.
Dr. Kevin Belfield, the Chair of UCF’s Chemistry department that is heading up this research hopes that by creating an imbalance with the cells by adding a type of organic salt and shining lasers on the infected cells, it will change the cell’s make-up.
“When the strong acid is generated it creates a ph imbalance in the cell that the cell can’t recover from,” said Dr. Belfied in an interview with FOX 35.
The process, which is called “blubbing” will still leave healthy cells near the infected ones in stable condition.
The research required to make a complete cure to cancer is a long road and Dr. Belfield knows that. He is seeking to get funding from the National Institutes of Health and having clinical trials on his research done soon. For now, Dr. Belfield is remaining optimistic to his research.
“But in principle, yes, this could be a radically new cancer treatment,” Dr.Belfield told FOX 35.
