THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2024
Team Herald
VASCO: Research by BITS Pilani Professor has proved the efficiency of anti-malarial drug against breast cancer.
Prof Angshuman Sarkar, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences at BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus and his team have investigated a novel mode of action of an already established drug used for the treatment of malaria named “Quinacrine” for the treatment of human breast cancer.
In a press release, BITS Goa has stated, earlier the team had proved the repurposing of this drug in treating human lung cancer too. Now, they have shown that specific cytotoxicity of this drug for the human breast cancer cells.
