A combination of vitamin C and antibiotics may be up to 100 times more effective at killing cancer cells than standard drugs, says new research. The researchers said their method offers a new explanation for how to prevent cancer cells from becoming treatment-resistant and how combinations therapies can be developed to overcome drug resistance. Researchers said as doxycycline and vitamin C are both relatively non- toxic and this could dramatically reduce the possible side- effects of anti-cancer therapy. As doxycycline and vitamin C are both relatively non- toxic, this could dramatically reduce the possible side- effects of anti-cancer therapy, researchers said. First, the researchers inhibited the tumour cell mitochondria, by restricting the cancer cells only to glucose as a fuel source; then, they took away their glucose, effectively starving the cancer cells to death.

Source: Hindustan Times June 13, 2017 12:00 UTC