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	Shark Cartilage

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6-5-2008 6:13 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/221d68d6-af56-4873-82a1-4e33e50494d4/169641B6-4882-4FC2-BCF3-4AFF8CC39333/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://animals.howstuffworks.com/fish/shark-cure-cancer1.htm" href="http://animals.howstuffworks.com/fish/shark-cure-cancer1.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">animals.howstuffworks.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://animals.howstuffworks.com/fish/shark-cure-cancer1.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/animals.howstuffworks.com/img/29B62D52-86A6-4F51-BA70-9AA6406E4F98" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://animals.howstuffworks.com/fish/shark-cure-cancer1.htm"><DIV class="articleByLine">by
						<A href="http://animals.howstuffworks.com/fish/about-author.htm#bryant">Charles W. Bryant</A>					</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://animals.howstuffworks.com/fish/shark-cure-cancer1.htm"><H1 class="articlePageTitle">Shark Cartilage</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://animals.howstuffworks.com/fish/shark-cure-cancer1.htm"><P>It was once believed that <A href="http://animals.howstuffworks.com/fish/shark.htm">sharks</A> didn't get <A href="http://health.howstuffworks.com/cancer.htm">cancer</A>. Recent studies, including one conducted by Johns Hopkins University, have disproved those claims. Hopkins professor Gary Ostrander and his research team found 40 cases of tumors in sharks and other <STRONG>elasmobranchs</STRONG> -- sea creatures with skeletons made of cartilage instead of bones. Proponents of using shark cartilage for human medication claim that it helps prevent something called <STRONG>angiogenisis</STRONG>. This is when a tumor continues to grow because of the formation of new <A href="http://health.howstuffworks.com/blood.htm">blood </A>vessels.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://animals.howstuffworks.com/fish/shark-cure-cancer1.htm">That sharks can and do get cancer makes it clear that ingesting their cartilage in a health-food supplement won't cure the disease in humans. To verify this, researchers have undertaken specific studies on the effects of shark cartilage in cancer patients.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://animals.howstuffworks.com/fish/shark-cure-cancer1.htm">Studies on mice and on humans in 1998 and 2005 found that taking an oral shark-cartilage supplement had no effect on cancerous tumors. </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/169641B6-4882-4FC2-BCF3-4AFF8CC39333/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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