Friday, January 12, 2007

Trypanosomes can accurately distinguish cancer cells from normal ones. Scientists were watching cells and trypanosomes under a microscope. They saw how trypanosomes were moving towards cancer cells, then made a circle and tried to attack it. Most likely they react on receptor molecules on the cancer cells' surface. Now scientists are working with nine different clones of Trypanosoma Cruzi, which are genetically different. All of them together with adenocarcinoma had been tested on mice. Course of treatment consisted of 12 daily injections. Medication suppressed the cancroid growth if its dose contained 15 millions of desolated trypanosomes. The mice cancroid size reduced by three times. So, hopefully very soon we'll able to witness the time, when scientists inform us about the found cancer treatment.