"Tata Memorial Centre's Breakthrough in Curbing Cancer Spread"
Doctors at Tata Memorial Centre in Mumbai have discovered a mechanism for cancer metastasis involving the release of chromosome fragments from dying cancer cells, which can fuse with healthy cells and cause new tumors. They have developed a nutraceutical therapy, R-Cu, made from grape-extract resveratrol and copper, which has shown promising results in reducing the risk of metastasis when used alongside chemotherapy. The therapy has been tested on patients with oral, blood, stomach, and brain cancer, with encouraging results, and could potentially reduce the toxicity of chemotherapy. This research has important implications for cancer treatment policies, suggesting the need to consider chromosome fragments as a potential cause of metastatic cancer spread and to include agents that deactivate or destroy them in treatment protocols.
