Self-Destructing Brain Cancer Cells Discovered by Scientists.

Researchers have developed a method that could cause cancerous cells to die of stress. Their research has yielded promising results with glioblastoma, one of the most common and aggressive brain tumours among adults. The treatment for glioblastoma hasn’t changed much since the early 2000s and consists of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery. The researchers tested their findings in vivo: they used the molecule to target cancer cells in mice in combination with a drug called temozolomide (TMZ), a type of chemotherapy traditionally used in glioblastoma. They found that the combined treatment weakened the cancerous cells’ resistance to stress, and significantly shrunk the size of the tumours - and the role of Z4P molecule was clear.