VARI scientists look into the use of 17AAG antibiotic as a potential treatment for cancer
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Buying cheap medication from Canada can be a great way to save money, particularly if patients have a potentially expensive disease such as cancer.
Over the years, physicians have explored the use of antibiotics as treatments for a variety of cancers. However, these drugs are often associated with significant side effects. Recently, a team of scientists from the Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) evaluated the efficacy of a medication called 17AAG, which has been proven to selectively kill many different types of cancer.
Also known as geldanamycin, the antibiotic has been linked to major side effects such as liver failure. The team determined that its toxicity may not recommend it as a useful treatment yet, but studies are currently ongoing to create a derivative that may be safer to administer.
"If there is a chance of decreasing the toxicity of geldanamycin and 17AAG, it would be a boon in the treatment of cancer," said George Vande Woude, who is the head of the Laboratory of Molecular Oncology at VARI.
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