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The results of the tests of a new drug from blood cancer are encouraging

rezultaty ispytanijMany patients in the treatment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and chronic leukemia produces resistance to chemotherapy. This treatment does not bring positive result. For these patients developed a new drug that is already undergoing clinical trials.

The first studies in 2012 was attended by 90 people being treated in hospitals in France and the UK. The effect of the drug is based on inhibition of growth of tumor cells by destruction of the protein of VTK, which are the building blocks of the tumor.

The participants of the experiment showed a positive reaction to the drug ONO/GS-4059. It allows them to cope with leukemia and lymphoma, not having toxic lesions and while living a normal active life.