Chemotherapy has been the standard cancer treatment for a long, but now it's time to look for a better, safer, and more effective option.
“With a simple injection to the tumor bed, we can cause cancer cells to ‘commit suicide’ without damaging healthy cells,” said Peer.
This treatment worked so well that it wiped out 40 to 60 percent of cancer cells in the animal models. According to the researchers, the more exciting thing is that many other bacterial toxins could be used to prevent cancer. So, for example, scientists can employ another natural toxin if cancer tumors somehow resist Botox. However, no such solution exists for a patient who develops chemotherapy resistance.
“This platform may represent a new class of treatment that can address an unmet clinical need for solid tumors therapy. We hope to further investigate into this aspect and demonstrate improved therapeutic effect in more tumor models in the future.” the researchers note.
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