In France scientists have almost invented against cancer – a molecule blocking the reproduction of cancer cells.

The group of scientists under the guidance of CNRS synthesized in vitro a molecule which can block the reproduction of cancer cells and prevent the forming of vessels providing them with nutrients. The specialized “Plos One” magazine tells about this in the last issue, CNN reports.

According to the assessments of experts, the new preparation preliminary named HB-19, offers a wide challenge for curing oncological diseases. Besides, the derived medicine is deprived of the main side effect of the majority of modern anticancer preparations, which substantially worsen the treatment prognosis – toxicity, as it is said in the scientific report.

As it is noted by Ara Hovanessyan, one of the heads of the research, at the moment the effectiveness of the preparation is tested on mice and the culture of tissues taken from people suffering from prostate, mammary, intestine and skin tumour.

Another head of the project, the director of CNRS of study, Jose Cartie derived molecule has a destructive impact on the protein elementing the cancer molecule inhibiting its reproduction.

The scientist explains that one more mechanism of the molecule impact on a malignant formation is the oppression of angiogenesis, i.e. the formation of the vessels of cancer cells, which leads to oxygen and nutrients impoverishment and, as the result, to its destruction.

The researches are sure that the double effect of the experimental molecule makes it indispensable for treatment principle oncological diseases, and the offered methodology of synthesis allows to start the mass production of the preparation without peculiar problems.