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although too late to help your father, anyone facing acquired resistance to PARP inhibitors should look into novobiocin [0]. novobiocin is an antibiotic develo
by panabee 5y ago
although too late to help your father, anyone facing acquired resistance to PARP inhibitors should look into novobiocin [0].
novobiocin is an antibiotic developed decades ago but recently "rediscovered" as offering anti-carcinogenic against some cancers which resist PARP inhibitors. in short, it targets an enzyme (polymerase theta) critical to these cancers.
thanks for sharing this story.
i'm so sorry for your loss, but it is amazing how such persistence and critical thinking offered your father and family another treasured year of life. he must have been unbelievably proud.
[0] https://www.dana-farber.org/newsroom/news-releases/2021/antibiotic-novobiocin-found-to-kill-tumor-cells-with-dna-repair-glitch/ https://www.dana-farber.org/newsroom/news-releases/2021/anti...
- elromulous 5y agoThank you.
- panabee 5y ago*as offering anti-carcinogenic properties