As a treatment for advanced cancer, shark cartilage fails to benefit patients and its adverse effects lead to poor compliance. A clinical trial published in the July ...

However, shark-cartilage therapy, a large segment of the food-supplements industry, is based on severely flawed premises, according to some scientists. A new report by one group of them contradicts ...

June 6, 2007 (Chicago) — Shark cartilage, marketed as an "alternative medicine" for use in cancer, was shown to have no effect in a large phase 3 study sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) ...

Shark cartilage is just what it sounds like: cartilage from sharks. The cartilage, which is ground up and stuffed into capsules or pressed into tablets, is composed of collagen, water, phosphate, ...

The rising popularity of shark cartilage extract as an anti-cancer treatment is a triumph of marketing and pseudoscience over reason, with a tragic fallout for both sharks and humans, according to a ...

In the first scientific study of its kind, shark cartilage extract, AE-941 or Neovastat, has shown no benefit as a therapeutic agent when combined with chemotherapy and radiation for patients with ...

A unique compound originally isolated from sharks could prove to be a promising treatment for hepatitis B and C and other viral diseases, researchers say. Known as squalamine, the drug has not yet ...

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Monica Cull is a Digital Editor/Writer for Discover Magazine who writes and edits articles focusing on animal sciences, ancient humans, national parks, and health trends. View Full Profile. Sharks don ...

NOVA: Can sharks survive finning (when the dorsal fin is cut off for shark-fin soup and the animal released)? Gruber: In nature, occasionally fins get bitten off with no detriment to the shark, and ...

As a treatment for advanced cancer, shark cartilage fails to benefit patients and its adverse effects lead to poor compliance. A clinical trial finds there was no difference in overall survival or ...