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Dr. John Beard |
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John Beard, Ph.D. was a Scottish
Embryologist who formulated the Trophoblast Theory of Cancer in 1902
Cancer cells are virtually
indistinguishable from pre-embryonic cells called “trophoblast
cells” – these are cells that grow very quickly during the
initial stages of pregnancy in order to stimulate the development of
the placenta and umbilical chord.
These placental cells are called
trophoblasts and are the first cells to differentiate from the
fertilized egg. In this creation of trophoblasts it is important to
note that they are a fully parasitic and a distinct feature
surrounding the fetal cells that will form the living individual. In
their role, trophoblasts mediate the implantation of the individual,
but they are never incorporated into the body of the individual or
fetus. Thus it is incorrect to call them "fetal" cells.
They will eventually be either destroyed or rendered completely
inert as far as the mother and fetus are concerned. These cells are
often seen as a thin membrane covering the fetus at birth, the
so-called "caul." Again, they never form an integral part
of the formative individual.
This happens despite the fact that the
cells seem not to induce any immunological reaction. A prime reason
for this was discovered in this century by Currie and Bhagshawe who
showed that the trophoblast was surrounded by a coating (sialo-glycoprotein)
including a molecule that gave it a negative charge. The molecule
can be likened to mucilage and has been termed the sialo-mucinous
coat. A negative charge is also found on the white blood cells
responsible for immune reactivity. Since two like charges repel we
have delineated the primary reason for lack of rejection based on
immune responses. This same type of coating is found on the
cancer cell. And in fact, it is one of the chief reasons for
classifying all cancer cells as "trophoblastic."
Another observation was that the
placental trophoblasts seem to take a downturn in activity around
the time of the activation of the fetal pancreas, which occurs
around the 56th day. Modern research has shown that these
trophoblast cells secrete a hormone called human chorionic
gonadotropin (hCG), and the quantities of this hormone rise until
around the 56th day and then begin to taper off. It is this very
hormone that coats the trophoblast and cancer cell to make them both
immunologically inert. This hormone of pregnancy is expressed in all
types of cancers. Dr. Manual Navaro in the 1960’s and 70’s found
that measuring CGH in the urine was 95% accurate in the early
detection of cancer.
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After the trophoblast cells have built
the placenta and embedded themselves in the endometrium they have no
further function. On the 56th day
the embryo’s pancreas begins to produce pancreatic enzymes which
break down the sialo-glycoprotein coat and allows the phagocytes to
engulf the trophoblast cell.
In time Beard's speculations were put
to the test by several physicians using pancreatic enzymes. At first
they used only the proteolytic enzyme trypsin, but when the
reactions of patients to this tended to be severe they then turned
to combining trypsin with amylase, the carbohydrate digesting
enzyme, and found that the reactions of the patients were much
better.
This is logical, because the
glycoprotein surrounding the cancer cell, and the circulating
hormone form of this glycoprotein (often mistakenly called a
"protein" or "fibrin" coat), are fundamentally
presenting to the system as carbohydrate complexes. That is, the
body sees the carbohydrate side of the molecule, not the protein
side, and amylase attacks this before the proteinases can do a
thing.
Click
HERE
to download original article published in Medical Record in
July 1950 entitled The Unitarian or Trophoblastic Thesis of Cancer
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