Small company working toward what could be a breakthrough: a drug that kills only cancer cells
Wednesday, July 8, 2009 - 11:14
in Health & Medicine
Maybe Hugh McTavish wasn't so tough after all. Seven years ago, doctors told McTavish he needed chemotherapy to treat his non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. McTavish, then a 40-year-old patent attorney, was young and fit, so he asked for a higher dose. The doctor smiled and politely declined.