Death cap mushroom poison to arrest pancreatic cancer in mice, study suggests
Monday, April 2, 2012 - 13:30
in Health & Medicine
Scientists have coupled the fungal toxin amanitin to an antibody which recognizes a cancer-typical target molecule. Like a guided missile, the antibody carries its poisonous load to target cancer cells. The poison-loaded antibody arrested the growth of various types of cancer cells in the culture dish and even caused the complete disappearance of transplanted pancreatic tumors in experimental mice.