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Heart drugs found to be anti-cancer

Many drugs for heart diseases are broad-spectrum senolytics as tested in mice

21-Oct-2019

Key points from article :

New set of senolytic drugs without severe side effects were identified.

Cardiac glycosides like ouabain, potential candidate to kill senescent cells.

These drugs, already used in clinics, can be repurposed to treat cancer.

Research by MRC LMS published in Nature Metabolism.

Topics mentioned on this page:
Senescent Cells, Cancer