Singapore researchers discover potential new drug to treat deadly cancer

Xinhua, 17 Jun 2012
SINGAPORE, June 17 (Xinhua) -- Researchers in Singapore have discovered a potential new treatment that may bring some hope for cancer patients with a highly aggressive form of lymphoma, local media reported on Sunday.
Even better news: The compound involved is already being tested on a different illness - to treat rheumatoid arthritis. It has been screened for safety, and so the trial process for the patients suffering from the cancer in question - NK/T-cell lymphoma - can be cut short. Full story