Czech scientists in cancer breakthrough

A team of Czech scientists have announced the discovery of a substance which causes the apparent self-destruction of cancer cells. The scientists working in the Czech Science Academy’s Molecular Genetics Institute, along with colleagues in Prague Institute of Chemical Technology and the First Medical Faculty of Charles University, stated that the method involves using lasers directed at cancer cells that have been injected with photosynthetic chemicals. Numerous tests were carried out on laboratory mice and also tissue cultures, with the results proving to be effective; the results have been published in several medical journals. The scientists have announced that this method could hail a significant step forward in the treatment of cancer.

Author: Dominik Jůn