Tapeworm drug inhibits colon cancer metastasis

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Tapeworm drug inhibits colon cancer metastasis

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 now shown. The compound silences a gene that triggers the formation of metastases in colon cancer.

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Tags: Digestion, Infection, Worm Parasite, Tapeworm, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Drug

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Tapeworm drug inhibits colon cancer metastasis

medicalxpress.com — “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 now shown. The compound silences a gene that triggers the formation of metastases in colon cancer. Professor Ulrike Stein (Experimental ...” View full resource at medicalxpress.com