Remember the Fonz? Awesome motorcycle, snazzy leather jacket, ladies man. And the ability to fix any jukebox with a single smack of the fist. What a knock-out punch. Yes, pun intended.
If only there were a way to bottle the restorative power of Fonzie. Well, scientists at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey may have discovered a way, figuratively speaking. Recent work from the lab of Dr. Darren Carpizo, published in the May issue of Cancer Cell, describes the discovery of a drug that selectively kills cancer cells by restoring the function of the tumor suppressor, p53. Continue reading
You always used to hear that we would find a cure for cancer out in the rainforest somewhere…some chemical extracted from an unknown plant that looked more at home on the planet of Pandora than earth. Turns out, the secret cancer fighting compounds have been hiding right under our noses, torturing small children for ages.
