Saturday, June 18, 2011

ScienceDaily: Biotechnology News

ScienceDaily: Biotechnology News


Tapeworm drug inhibits colon cancer metastasis

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 01:41 PM PDT

A compound that for about 60 years has been used as a drug against tapeworm infection is also apparently effective against colon cancer metastasis, as studies using mice have shown. The compound silences a gene that triggers the formation of metastases in colon cancer. Researchers in Germany made this discovery in collaboration with researchers in the U.S. Plans are already underway to conduct a clinical trial.

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