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Article: Common anti-depressant Prozac can fight cancer drug resistance.(Clinical report)
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- Asian News International
- Article date:
- December 19, 2008
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Byline: ANI
Washington, December 19 (ANI): Tel Aviv University (TAU) researchers have found that Prozac is not only effective in fighting depression, but also in dramatically enhancing the efficacy of a widely used anti-cancer drug.
Highlighting the fact that Prozac is regularly prescribed to ease the emotional pain of patients being treated for cancer, the researchers have revealed that they undertook this study to find out whether the anti-depressant can help fight cancer itself.
Dr. Dan Peer, of the Department of Cell Research and Immunology at the university, says that his study provided promising results.
"The good news is that ...