Enzymtherapie bij kanker
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John Beard (1858-1924) vatte 100 jaar leden het idee op om kanker te behandelen met pancreasenzymen (Moss 2008a). Hij was een Schotse eerste klas embryoloog: de eerste om apoptose te beschrijven en hij ontdekte de rol van het corpus luteum (Moss 2008b). In 1902 stelde hij gelijkenissen vast tussen kankercellen en trofoblastcellen, de cellen die het chorion en de placenta vormen. Kanker was volgens hem het resultaat van verdwaalde trofoblastcellen, die op de verkeerde plaats en op het verkeerde tijdstip terug begonnen te delen. Zijn tweede ingeving was dat de pancreasenzymen van de foetus verantwoordelijk waren voor de regressie van het trofoblastweefsel, dat een natuurlijk proces is bij zwangerschap. De hypothese om kanker te behandelen met pancreasenzymen volgde snel.

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