Swedish researchers recently discovered that a combination of a tomato gene and a drug can destroy cancer cells, a finding that will help treat cancer with gene therapy.
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden issued a communique a few days ago that the tomato gene is "very active" in helping to establish and repair the tomato genome, but it is not enough to destroy cancer cells by itself. After testing different drugs one after another, the researchers finally discovered that the combination of this tomato gene with the anti-AIDS drug AZT can more effectively fight cancer cells.
The researchers pointed out that many people are skeptical about gene therapy and worry that the patient's genes will change after receiving treatment, causing more adverse reactions. However, there is no such risk in the above studies because tomato genes are only injected into cancer cells and do not affect other cells.