Drug Addiction Treatment Methadone Possible Leukemia Cure
Researchers have recently discovered that a drug used to treat drug addiction, methadone has a very desirable effect on leukemia cells, killing them while not affecting the normal ones. This comes as a surprise for not only does it kill leukemia cells, it has also shown effectivity against forms of the disease that have previously been resistant to current drug therapies being used today. The methadone acts on the cancer cell’s by activating the mitochondrial pathway which activated specific enzymes within causing it to die off. This process, called pre-programmed death has also been observed with difficult cases that have not responded well to other treatment options. Animal studies are underway to determine the proper dosage and efficacy of using the drug as treatment for leukemia sufferers. They have proven that even low doses of the drug have had noticeable effects on the cancer cells killing them off making it one of the greatest breakthroughs in leukemia research.