<human>: A young lady, whom I will not name, started working for my parents business last year. Over the winter she went to the hospital and lapsed into a coma. She was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor and wasn't given much time. She has ungone one surgery, I am unsure of the results or many of the details of her condition, mostly because I'm not a close friend or relative, but I can say it is cancerous. 

Where I am going with this is I remember reading some studies about a Canadian research group who found a "cure" to certain types of cancers that is based on a metabolic regulating chemical that turns a cell's mitochondria back on. The article was front page for a bit and was mostly used to bash big PHARM and the media basically because they couldnt make money off the cure or some hippy-dippy bullshit. Anyways, I need to know what this research is, if it is actually in the process of being used on humans and if it is accessible to the general population with positive results. I also need some coaching on how to present this information to her family friend (closest I can get to them) who seems reluctant about some article a young twenty year old found on the internet.

Can you give me the gist of the text in a nutshell?
<bot>: Need info on Canadian cancer research using metabolic conditioning chemicals along with ideas on how to present said information to old-timers who are afraid of change or the internet etc.