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Treating cancer with drugs for diabetes and hypertension

Illustration demonstrating the anti-cancer effect of the drug combination
Illustration demonstrating the anti-cancer effect of the drug combination (Image: Evi Bieler, NanoImaging Lab, University of Basel).

A combination of a diabetes medication and an antihypertensive drug can effectively combat cancer cells. The team of researchers led by Prof. Michael Hall at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel has also reported that specific cancer cells respond to this combination of drugs. The results of the study have now been published in “Science Advances”.

23 December 2016

Illustration demonstrating the anti-cancer effect of the drug combination
Illustration demonstrating the anti-cancer effect of the drug combination (Image: Evi Bieler, NanoImaging Lab, University of Basel).
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