A fascinating article. In George Johnson's excellent "The Cancer Chronicles", he explains that the reason it is so hard to find a "cure" for cancer is that it is a disease that is closely related to life itself--the growth of cells. In this instance, scientists learned that a malaria treatment had a big drawback--it attacked the placenta of pregnant women. Their research also stumbled across the fact that the treatment also attacked tumors. Placentas...tumors--what an interesting connection.
full: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/cure-for-cancer-might-accidentally-have-been-found-and-it-could-be-malaria-a6693601.html _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
