Research team hails Chinese herb as key to fighting lung cancer

A DUBLIN research team has identified a way of using a Chinese medical herb to help improve the effectiveness of treatment for lung cancer.

Research team hails Chinese herb as key to fighting lung cancer

They have adapted an existing drug compound from a herb to create a drug that halts the activity of two proteins in lung cancer cells that limit the effectiveness of chemotherapy.

The research at St James’s Hospital is midway through a three-year €120,000 project funded by the Irish Cancer Society. It is hoped that it might lead to treatment to complement chemotherapy in lung cancer patients.

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