New method causes cancer cells to burn out

Pushing the accelerator and the brake at the same time is rarely a good idea. But researchers at the University of Gothenburg are using this approach to treat leukemia. A new drug forces cancer cells to keep working hard even though they have run out of energy. The first study in mice shows very promising results.A team led by Leif Eriksson at the University of Gothenburg and Boaz Tirosh at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland has developed a new treatment for acute myeloid leukemia (AML