ScienceDaily: Vitamin deficiency 'puts cancer cells into hibernation'

in vitamin •  7 years ago 

ScienceDaily: Vitamin deficiency 'puts cancer cells into hibernation'

Summary :

A new potential therapeutic agent, diphenyleneiodonium chloride (DPI), effectively switches off cancer stem cells, preventing their proliferation, researchers report.

"It's extraordinary; the cells just sit there as if in a state of suspended animation," explains Professor Michael Lisanti, Chair of Translational Medicine and lead investigator.

 

See more at https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180129145837.htm


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