A new cancer treatment harnessing part of the
malaria parasite could kill nine out of 10 types of the disease, it has
emerged.
A team of Danish and Canadian scientists stumbled
across the breakthrough while hunting for a weapon to fight malaria in pregnant
women.
Their study revealed that armed malaria proteins
can kill cancer.
Raising hopes of a genuine medical treatment for
the disease, the researchers say they hope to begin human trials within the
next four years. 4
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| Scientists at the University of Copenhagen stumbled across the discovery while hunting for a weapon to fight malaria. They discovered a carbohydrate that the malaria parasite, illustrated, attaches itself to the placenta of of pregnant women, is identical to a carbohydrate found in cancer cells |
