Transplant drug increases cancer risk

Cyclosporine, a drug used to prevent rejection of transplanted organs, may trigger cancer cells to become more aggressive.

References:

Hojo, M., et al. 1999. Cyclosporine induces cancer progression by a cell-autonomous mechanism. Nature 397(Feb. 11):530.

Sources:

Minoru Hojo
Teikyo University School of Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Mizonokuchi Hospital
3-8-3 Mizonokuchi
Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki 213
Japan

Gary J. Nabel
University of Michigan
1150 West Medical Center Drive
4520 MSRB 1
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0650

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 12, March 20, 1999, p. 187. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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