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Trojan horse
Researchers have successfully tested a “Trojan Horse” drug which can kill cancer and bacterial cells without damaging nearby healthy tissue.
Scientists at the University of Edinburgh combined the tiny cancer-killing molecule SeNBD with a chemical food compound to trick malignant cells into ingesting it.
The peer-reviewed experimental study was carried out on zebrafish and human cells, but researchers say more studies are needed to confirm if it is a safe and swift method of treating early stage cancer and drug-resistant bacteria.
Early days but interesting!
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- LOVE the Ratsac name, @Zoffiel - I think you should send it to them!! ;)
How wonderful if they can bring that to the table ..... specially with less collateral damage ..... - It is interesting - hope it comes to fruition.
- @jennyss
Targeted chemo has been an aim for a long time - chemo is like using a sledgehammer to crack a walnut, a targeted approach cuts out the collateral damage (or very significantly reduces it) which in turn reduces side effects and general misery! - But that's what chemo is - along with collateral damage to other local wildlife!
- Cancer Ratsac. Bring it on.
- But you’d hate it to backfire!
- Sounds good. Pity these things take so long.
