Move this along, seriously:
http://www.studentprintz.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=c7794f20-dfb1-4494-892d-b529895da103 As of right now, I'm quite skeptical of dichloroacetate's supposed status of 'miracle drug.' I'm doing research on this, and if it is truly is as good as it sounds, we could see a large shift in our current health care system. Sure, pharmaceutical companies would loose a (major) asset, but we need to respect life, not the dollar.
B T dubs, when I read dichloroacetate, I immediately thought "Cl2CH3OO!" This gives me a bit of hope for the AP Chem exam tomorrow...