Argyrin: natural substance raises hope for new cancer therapies
Date: 17.7.2008
Scientists at HZI, MHH and LUH publish previously-unknown chemical mechanism.
The **effective treatment** of many forms of **cancer** continues to pose a major problem for medicine. Many tumours fail to respond to standard forms of **chemotherapy** or become resistant to the medication. Scientists at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig, the Hannover Medical School (MHH) and Leibniz-Universität (LUH) in Hanover have now discovered a **chemical mechanism** with which a natural substance - **argyrin - destroys tumours**. Today, the researchers publish their findings in the renowned scientific journal "CancerCell".
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