A chemical compound that targets the parent cells which help breast cancers to develop and spread has been discovered by US scientists.
During tests conducted on mice, Salinomycin eliminated breast cancer stem cells far more effectively than some existing drugs, and slowed tumor growth. The drug, a farm antibiotic, has not yet been tested on humans.
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Is there anything Google can’t do these days? Perhaps I should rephrase that - Is there anything Google isn’t attempting to do these days? In the second half of 2010 Google plans on coming out with the Google Chrome OS which is a Linux-based operating system focusing on speeding up the process of web applications. [...]