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Vitamin deficiency ‘puts cancer cells into hibernation’

In In The News by Barbara Jacoby

Source: University of Salford From: sciencedaily.com A new potential therapeutic agent, diphenyleneiodonium chloride (DPI), effectively switches off cancer stem cells, preventing their proliferation, researchers report. “It’s extraordinary; the cells just sit there as if in a state of suspended animation,” explains Professor Michael Lisanti, Chair of Translational Medicine and lead investigator. The discovery is significant because the drug halts the …