Diabetes drug kills cancer stem cells in combination treatment in mice
Monday, September 14, 2009 - 11:28
in Health & Medicine
BOSTON, Mass. (September 14, 2009) -- In a one-two punch, a familiar diabetes drug reduced tumors faster and prolonged remission in mice longer than chemotherapy alone, apparently by targeting cancer stem cells, report Harvard Medical School researchers in the Sept. 14 advance online Cancer Research.