Sporanox may help fight cancer - Stanford Univ

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http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63B64L20100412

Itraconazole is marketed under the brand name Sporanox by

& subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceutica, mostly

for treating a fungal infection called aspergillus.

The drug affects a so-called cascade of effects through a

molecular pathway called Hedgehog, the researchers reported.

The researchers at Stanford University in California were looking

for potential cancer drugs. They know that the Hedgehog

pathway is involved in the development of cancer, so they looked

for drugs that interfere with it.

" There is a fairly broad range of tumors in which this molecular

cascade, called the Hedgehog pathway, plays an important role, "

Stanford's Philip Beachy, who worked on the study, said in a

statement.

Carl Grimes

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