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Re:Doxycycline, Azithromycin and Vitamin C (DAV): eradicatin... by zmmmmm on Sunday November 26, 2023 @03:18AM (#38420041)
Curious why this is not toxic for the mitochondria of real cells if it is so bad for the cancer cells?

Is it because the therapy only blocks genesis of new mitochondria,and most people would have sufficient existing mitochondria to stay healthy through the course of the therapy?

Re:Doxycycline, Azithromycin and Vitamin C (DAV): eradicatin... by nik_s on Sunday November 26, 2023 @03:43AM (#38420145)
The mitochondria in many cancer cell behave abberantly. For example, in many cases, they can start promoting glycolysis, in process known as the Warburg effect. They're also involved in other processes such as apoptosis and cell migration. I'd hypothesize that these drugs target pathways or processes that are dysregulated in the mitochondria of those cancers.
Re:Doxycycline, Azithromycin and Vitamin C (DAV): eradicatin... by qbxk on Sunday November 26, 2023 @07:44AM (#38421193)
i think it's because most cells have multiple forms of metabolism available to them, but cancer cells are limited to just this one
Re:Doxycycline, Azithromycin and Vitamin C (DAV): eradicatin... by vikramkr on Sunday November 26, 2023 @04:37AM (#38420380)
There better not be any comments on this thread about this paper from 2019 that didn't really make a huge splash and is entirely in cell culture that go "oh boy another cancer cure too bad they make it to the clinic." This is pretty much about as far from highly reliable and translation ready as you can get.
Re:Doxycycline, Azithromycin and Vitamin C (DAV): eradicatin... by cushpush on Sunday November 26, 2023 @04:40AM (#38420393)
This is amazing and I do not mean to nit-pick but does this statement logically cohere?

  >Also, the concentrations of antibiotics used here represent sub-antimicrobial levels of Doxycycline and Azithromycin, thereby avoiding the potential problems associated with antibiotic resistance.
Re:Doxycycline, Azithromycin and Vitamin C (DAV): eradicatin... by MrLeap on Sunday November 26, 2023 @09:10AM (#38421706)
If you don't have enough antibiotics to actually kill microbes, you aren't selecting for higher resistance.
Re:Doxycycline, Azithromycin and Vitamin C (DAV): eradicatin... by bratwurst3000 on Sunday November 26, 2023 @09:50AM (#38421969)
Antiobiotics don’t kill bacteria. They stop the growth and the body does the rest. Or am I wrong ?
Re:Doxycycline, Azithromycin and Vitamin C (DAV): eradicatin... by naveen99 on Sunday November 26, 2023 @10:31AM (#38422328)
Some do, some don’t. Penicillins interfere with bacterial cell walls which ends with the bacteria exploding / dying. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillin
Re:Doxycycline, Azithromycin and Vitamin C (DAV): eradicatin... by hereme888 on Sunday November 26, 2023 @11:49AM (#38422992)
Most do directly kill bacteria.
Re:Doxycycline, Azithromycin and Vitamin C (DAV): eradicatin... by fastaguy88 on Sunday November 26, 2023 @05:17PM (#38425589)
Yes. The concentrations of the antibiotics are too low to select for resistance, because they do not significantly affect bacterial growth. (Without selection, no resistance).
Re:Doxycycline, Azithromycin and Vitamin C (DAV): eradicatin... by Caduceus1 on Sunday November 26, 2023 @06:42AM (#38420882)
Somewhat puzzled they're using μM instead of μg?
Re:Doxycycline, Azithromycin and Vitamin C (DAV): eradicatin... by RF_Savage on Sunday November 26, 2023 @07:34AM (#38421135)
Micro moles in serum maybe?
Re:Doxycycline, Azithromycin and Vitamin C (DAV): eradicatin... by chromatin on Sunday November 26, 2023 @08:47AM (#38421549)
μM is a measure of concentration, while μg is a measure of mass. If you meant "μg/L" (or some other measure of volume), it is conventional to use molarity when discussing drugs in basic as well as clinical (PK, PD) contexts.
Re:Doxycycline, Azithromycin and Vitamin C (DAV): eradicatin... by giardini on Sunday November 26, 2023 @11:01AM (#38422586)
How do these dosages compare to the usual human therapeutic dosages of doxycycline, azithromax and vitamin C?