DCA, short for dichloroacetate, is a cheap and abundant chemical that has been showing great promise in combating cancer.
University of Alberta researcher Evangelos Michelakis has discovered that the non-toxic and non-patentable chemical inhibits or destroys most types of cancer cells by disrupting the way they metabolize sugar.
The problem is the business like nature in our health care system. There is no profit to be made for the private sector to develop a cure with DCA. Therefore, sadly many more will have to perish and their families suffer while a possible cure sits in front of us.
Instead of primarily depending on the private sector the public should have their own research programs that won't ignore solutions to various problems because they are not profitable.