They say that a rumour grows as it goes. So it was when New Scientist broke a story In January about a drug called dichloroacetate, or DCA, that showed promise in animal studies of cancer. Within weeks, blogs and web chatrooms were buzzing with discussions touting DCA as a new cure for human cancer, and in their desperation some people with cancer began to locate DCA for themselves and take it (see page 8).
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