Drug could attack ‘the root’ of cancer cells: study

A drug used in the past to treat schizophrenia and psychosis also has the ability to kill cancer stem cells, leaving healthy cells unharmed, Canadian researchers announced in a new study published in the journal Cell. The findings have yet to be proven in humans and clinical trials may reveal thioridazine is not effective at treating cancer. But the initial discovery is creating excitement among cancer experts who have been looking for ways to target cancer stem cells. Read the news item here.