SCIENTISTS hope a new drug that eradicates all solid tumours could prove the 'Holy Grail' of cancer treatments.
In early studies, the targeted chemotherapy drug has shown to annihilate tumours without affecting surrounding healthy cells.
Known as AOH1996, it targets a protein found in cancers, which helps tumours grow and multiply.
Previously, the protein - the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) - was thought to be untreatable.
The new drug was tested on 70 different cancer cells in the lab - including those derived from breast, prostate, brain, ovarian and cervical, skin and lung tumours - and it worked against them all.
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