It’s still in the early stages, but scientists are wondering if they might have just found a cure for cancer. And alike many more amazing scientific discoveries, it was all a bit by accident. While looking for a way to protect pregnant women from malaria, Danish researchers found that armed malaria proteins can attack and revert cancerous cells to healthy tissue. The potential cure combines a bit of protein from the malaria vaccine with a toxin that can enter cancer cells and kill them off. In lab testing, the process has proven effective against 90% of cancers. So far the successful testing has been done in cells and on mice, but researchers hope to start clinical testing on humans in the next four years.
Malaria may have helped scientists find a potential cure for cancer
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