09 Feb '14 21:16>3 edits
this sound like an extremely promising strategy for selectively killing caner in patients without harming normal cells thus avoiding the normal horrible side effects from chemotherapy that often mean the chemotherapy has to be stopped leading to the death of the patient:
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-scientists-advanced-approach-drug-candidates.html
The strategy involves designing a drag that targets a particular microRNA (microRNA's are relatively short strands of RNA molecules that regulate DNA genes ) that cancer cells have and need but normal cells neither have nor need.
The drag is designed to inhibit its target microRNA and this causes the cancer cell to commit suicide!
I think this is the most promising strategy I have heard of to date because I think this could lead to the real breakthrough in cancer treatment that cures most or perhaps even all cancers that currently are incurable and without side effect.
http://phys.org/news/2014-02-scientists-advanced-approach-drug-candidates.html
The strategy involves designing a drag that targets a particular microRNA (microRNA's are relatively short strands of RNA molecules that regulate DNA genes ) that cancer cells have and need but normal cells neither have nor need.
The drag is designed to inhibit its target microRNA and this causes the cancer cell to commit suicide!
I think this is the most promising strategy I have heard of to date because I think this could lead to the real breakthrough in cancer treatment that cures most or perhaps even all cancers that currently are incurable and without side effect.