Sound too good to be true?
Well its not! Mayo Clinic Cancer Center researchers have shown that chaetocin, a by product of common wood mold is carrying possible anti-myeloma agents!
“Dr. Bible’s team has shown for the first time that chaetocin has promising anti-myeloma activity. They found that chaetocin’s promise includes the ability to:
- Kill myeloma cells harboring a diverse array of genetic abnormalities
- Cause biological changes and induce oxidative stress in myeloma cells, leading to their death
- Selectively kill myeloma cells with superior efficacy to commonly-used anti-myeloma drugs including dexamethasone and doxorubicin
- Reduce myeloma growth in mice
- Rapidly accumulate in cancer cells
To find out more on this awesome discovery see EurekAlert
– THe Moldblogger Team
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