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Gold-based cancer therapy could face competition from other substances
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Gold-based cancer therapy could face competition from other substances

by  Karolinska Institutet Graphical abstract. Credit: DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2021.102184 The gold complex auranofin has traditionally been used for treating rheumatism but is also being evaluated as a treatment for certain forms of cancer. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden now show that other molecules that inhibit the same biological system have a more specific effect than auranofin...