Hormones Produced By Heart Eliminated Human Cancers In Most Mice...

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Wed, 02/27/2008 - 10:00

Hormones produced by the heart eliminated human pancreatic cancer in more than three-quarters of the mice treated with the hormones and eliminated human breast cancer in two-thirds of the mice.

The treatment has not yet been tried in humans, but clinical trials are in the planning stages.


 

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