Monday, August 28, 2006

Cancer cell 'executioner' found

Cancer cell 'executioner' found: "Healthy cells have a built-in process which means they commit suicide if something is wrong, a process which fails in cancer cells.

The University of Illinois team created a synthetic molecule which caused cancer cells to self-destruct.

Cancer experts said the study, in Nature Chemical Biology, offered 'exciting possibilities' for new ways of treating the disease."

(Via BBC News.)