Heart drug becomes cancer killer
US scientists say they have successfully tweaked a common heart drug to make it fight cancer.
Digoxin or digitalis, which comes from the foxglove plant, is normally used to steady the rhythm of the heart and help it beat more efficiently.
Now a University of Wisconsin-Madison team have changed some of its building blocks to make it target tumours.
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences work provides hope other "natural" drugs can be manipulated.
Source - BBC News
Digoxin or digitalis, which comes from the foxglove plant, is normally used to steady the rhythm of the heart and help it beat more efficiently.
Now a University of Wisconsin-Madison team have changed some of its building blocks to make it target tumours.
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences work provides hope other "natural" drugs can be manipulated.
Source - BBC News
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