I 1931 fik Otto Wartburg Nobelprisen i medicin for sin opdagelse, at normale celler ændrer sig til kræftceller hvis iltforsyningen er dårlig.
“Cancer, above all other diseases, has countless secondary causes. But, even for cancer, there is only one prime cause. Summarized in a few words, the prime cause of cancer is the replacement of the respiration of oxygen in normal body cells by a fermentation of sugar.”
Med andre ord skal man finde en metode til som øger blodtilstømningen til de berørte organer.