# Claim: CIA Classified Soviet Research on Antiparasitics and Cancer

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2117800730526384409
- Source account: [@moreaurose17](https://x.com/moreaurose17)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 0:45
- Published: 2026-11-04
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## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UIm0wcVsTxkW/en/claim-cia-classified-soviet-research-on-antiparasitics-and-cancer) Hold, hold on, hold on, hold on. I'm sorry.

[0:02](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UIm0wcVsTxkW/en/claim-cia-classified-soviet-research-on-antiparasitics-and-cancer?t=2) The CIA, 50 years ago, knew that there was evidence that taking an anti-parasitic like ivermectin could reduce tumors, and they classified it and hid it?

[0:14](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UIm0wcVsTxkW/en/claim-cia-classified-soviet-research-on-antiparasitics-and-cancer?t=14) Correct. It was a Soviet study. These Soviet scientists found that both tumors and parasites, um, and these anti-parasitics exerted similar mechanisms, and they found that it exerted anti-cancer activity in animals. And that study was classified by the CIA in the '50s and not declassified until

[0:38](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/UIm0wcVsTxkW/en/claim-cia-classified-soviet-research-on-antiparasitics-and-cancer?t=38) 2011. So, you know, that did significantly set back some of this vital cancer research