Next up and highly anticipated is Zheng Cui: "Natural Cancer Resistance in Mice and in Humans: basis for a novel cancer therapy.
Cui provided a new website describing a phase 2 clinical trial based on his therapy: www1.wfubmc.edu/lift
The theory of natural cancer resistance is fairly old - at least 50 years - however no one was able to prove it.
The cancer-resistant mouse originally discovered in Cui's lab was able to pass on its cancer resistance. It is an immunologic process. (details here:
http://www1.wfubmc.edu/LIFT/study/)He showed an amazing video of immune cells (mouse models) forming "rosettes" around cancer cells. The immune cells surround the cancer cells and destroy them. He showed a video he called the "smart bomb". It was a single white blood cell coming into contact with a cancer cell and "popping it" - killing it extremely quickly. I briefly looked at his website but did not see the videos.
He showed a slide indicating a correlation between seasonal changes and cancer incidence. It appears that people who live near the equator (no seasonal change) have a lower incidence in cancer. Cui suggests that this has to do with the fact that immune response declines with the seasons. People who live farther from the equator have weaker immune response during the winter and thus are more susceptible to cancer.
He closed with his therapy's affect on prostate cancer. There was a researcher who challenged him to cure prostate cancer with his immune therapy. This fellow said he would believe Cui if his therapy cured prostate cancer. Cui's therapy was 100% effective against prostate cancer! (not sure in vitro/in vivo experiment) Wow!