The retired oncologist, formerly at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center who was not involved in the study, said: "This finding provides a new approach for cancer treatment by rewiring cancer cells rather than eliminating them.".
In a groundbreaking discovery, they identified a critical moment in the early stages of cancer development – before normal cells irreversibly transform into diseased cells – a finding that could offer a new treatment approach, potentially revolutionising the way we fight the disease.
Conventional cancer treatments often come with debilitating side effects because they don’t just target cancer cells – they harm all cells in the body, which can lead to further diseases, including new cancers.
Co-author of the new research, Kwang-Hyun Cho, a professor of biology at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, said: "This study has revealed in detail, at the genetic network level, what changes occur within cells behind the process of cancer development, which has been considered a mystery until now.
Massive cancer breakthrough as scientists discover 'switch' that REVERSES disease A "switch" that reverses cancer cells has been discovered by scientists - who say it's a major breakthrough in finding a cure to the disease.
