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1930s gonorrhea drug could fight cancer

Drug, acriflavine, used in the 1930s for treating gonorrhea, has now been found beneficial in battling cancer, according to a new study at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Researchers have found that acriflavine has the previously unknown ability to halt the growth of new blood vessels.
“Often times we are surprised that a drug known [...]