Mysterious Therapy: Antineoplastons and Their Role in Cancer Treatment

Antineoplastons are drugs composed of chemical compounds that are naturally found in human urine and blood, which have been proposed as a possible cancer treatment. While they are still considered experimental, they have been the subject of much discussion and investigation over the past few decades. In this article, we will explore the history of antineoplastons, the results of laboratory, animal, and human studies, and the side effects that have been associated with their use.

A Brief History of Antineoplastons

The idea of using antineoplastons as a cancer treatment was first proposed in 1976 by S.R. Burzynski, MD, PhD. At the time, antineoplastons were isolated from human urine, but over the years, they have been synthesized from readily available chemicals in the developer’s laboratory. According to the developer, antineoplastons are part of a biochemical surveillance system in the body that works as “molecular switches.” They believe that cell differentiation is the key to cancer therapy, and that antineoplastons are the system that directs cancer cells into normal channels of differentiation. People with cancer are said to lack this surveillance system because they do not have an adequate supply of antineoplastons.

One of the theoretical foundations of antineoplaston therapy is the idea of controlling tumor growth through a naturally occurring biochemical mechanism in the body. The developer initially hypothesized the existence of…