Arsenic shows promise as cancer treatment, study finds

Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 01:21 in Health & Medicine

Miss Marple notwithstanding, arsenic might not be many people's favorite chemical. But the notorious poison does have some medical applications. Specifically, a form called arsenic trioxide has been used as a therapy for a particular type of leukemia for more than 10 years. Now researchers have shown that it may be useful in treating a variety of other cancers.

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