Australian scientists have released a drug that can cure cancer

If HIV / AIDS is said to be a disease of the 20th century, it can be considered that cancer is a disease of this 21st century. Scientists have been studying a lot of methods to deal with this disease but so far there is no way to cure it completely.

Recently, Australian scientists are considered to have made a major advance in research by discovering a new form of drug capable of introducing animal cancer cells into a "dormant" state , similar to As ARV drugs are working with HIV / AIDS patients, cancer cells are no longer able to replicate and moreover do not cause harmful side effects like current cancer treatments.

Research that has just been published in Nature has shown that these new types of drugs not only stop the development of but also block recurrence of cancer in laboratory mice. According to lead researcher Tim Thomas of Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, preclinical trials have shown good results in preventing tumors and not only harming healthy cells. around it.

Scientists have studied the drug for nearly a decade in a way that is different from the way that drugs form "destroy" cancer cells. They have done other ways to be more positive and safe, which is to find ways to block the production of some "food" proteins for cancer cells to grow.

Illustrating a new form of medicine (red) is preventing the growth of cancer cells.

According to Professor Anne Voss, co-author of this new form of drug, the compound group in the drug helps block cancer cells from dividing by turning off the ability to activate itself at the beginning of the production cycle. cell. These cells will not die, but they will no longer be able to divide, which means that they will not be able to reproduce anymore, to be happy is a kind of "sterilization" of cancer cells.

In the past, there were also many large pharmaceutical companies that tested the types of drugs that could inhibit cells like the team did but failed. This protein layer is sometimes considered a form that cannot be used . However, scientists in Australia have continued to study them for nearly a decade and experimented with nearly 500,000 different types of compounds on this protein layer, and fortunately the effort they spent had good results. Compound form is currently being used. The next step, Professor Thomas said, would be to establish partnerships with pharmaceutical companies to gradually conduct human trials.

Pharmaceutical industry experts also appreciate the results of this form of medicine, some even consider it a big step in finding a way to treat cancer. However, the research team also reiterated that people should stay calm and not too excited, there is still much work to do and many mice will have to sacrifice for science.