/oss/taxonomy/term/711/all en /oss/article/quackery/can-krebiozen-treat-cancer <p>In 1951 two brothers, Yugoslavian refugees, brought a drug called Krebiozen to the US and attempted to develop it privately as a cancer treatment. They kept the identity of drug secret, only saying that it had been prepared from the blood of Argentinean horses injected with a bacterium. They then initiated a questionable human testing program in which patients were charged $9.50, a lot of money back then, as a "contribution" per dose.</p> Wed, 07 Nov 2012 19:07:50 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 1776 at /oss