Targeted agent blocked growth of deadly brain cancer in preclinical studies
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 01:21
in Health & Medicine
A drug already in clinical trials to treat a variety of tumors shows a remarkable ability to shut down growth of glioblastoma in both laboratory cells and in animals, say researchers. In their experiments, the agent put a brake on growth of laboratory cancer cell lines, and no mice with glioblastoma in their brain died as a result of their tumor while on therapy.