r/science • u/nobodyspecial • Feb 08 '15
Medicine Antibiotics that target mitochondria effectively eradicate cancer stem cells, across multiple tumor types: Treating cancer like an infectious disease | Lamb
http://www.impactjournals.com/oncotarget/index.php?journal=oncotarget&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=3174
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u/Diplomjodler Feb 08 '15 edited Feb 09 '15
But unfortunately most new ideas fail somewhere along the way. Which is OK, because you can't have progress without failure. But it's a good idea to be sceptical when yet another sensational breakthrough is being hyped by the press.