«Radioimmunotherapy not
only worked against these cancers but, in addition, the radioactivity was confined entirely to the tumor masses, leaving healthy tissues undamaged,» said senior study co-author Ekaterina Dadachova, an associate professor of nuclear medicine and of microbiology and immunology at Einstein.
LA JOLLA, CA — Ever since discovering a decade ago that a gene altered in lung cancer regulated an enzyme used in therapies against diabetes, Reuben Shaw has wondered if drugs originally designed to treat metabolic diseases could
also work against cancer.
«Also, it would give your own body's protective measures more of a chance to
work against the cancer.»
The researchers demonstrated that some protein alterations can be used to identify drugs that may
work against some cancers.
About two years ago, Time magazine had an article referring to apoptosis in reference to looking for something that would
work against cancer.