Cancer cells tricked into responding to new treatments and undergoing cell suicide

Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 09:35 in Health & Medicine

Cancer researchers have found a way to turn ineffective new cancer drugs into cancer-fighters. By using their patented chemical compound, SHetA2, researchers tricked cancer cells into responding to new treatments and undergoing cell suicide. All studies to date have not found any side effects of taking the drug, giving hope that it can prevent cancer in healthy people, and improve treatment for cancer patients.

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