Japan invents new cancer photodynamic therapy
Release date: 2018-06-21
The University of Konan, Japan, announced on June 11 that researchers at the school invented a new cancer photodynamic therapy that would effectively kill cancer cells.
According to reports, in a variety of cancer cells, a substance called "NRAS protein" is activated, which promotes cancer cell proliferation and metastasis, and can slow cancer cell death. Therefore, researchers have been trying to develop a substance that can block the action of this protein, but because of its stable structure, other substances are difficult to combine with it, and no such drug has yet been made.
Photodynamic therapy is the process of killing cancer cells by adding chemicals to cancer cells and irradiating them with special light. Researchers at the University of Southern Anhui have discovered a zinc compound, ZnAPC. Experiments have shown that adding it to cancer cells and illuminating it significantly reduces the number of "NRAS proteins" and almost completely eliminates cancer cells.
The research is currently in the laboratory, and the relevant papers have been published online in the British journal Nature Communications. Researchers say it is expected to develop a new approach to cancer treatment that can be used clinically.
Source: People's Daily
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