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...discoverers' initials) is derived from Schizatrypanum cruzi, a South American trypanosome that has an affinity for cancer cells. When injected into cancerous mice, it gradually dissolves their tumors, but also kills the mice. Roskin & Klyueva developed a toxin from killed trypanosomes that dissolved cancer cells but was harmless to healthy cells. The cancer-destroying element, they concluded, was not the trypanosome itself but a toxin which it secreted. The toxin has proved safe for human patients...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Cancer in Russia | 12/30/1946 | See Source »

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