A University of Central Florida chemist has come up with a unique way to kill certain cancer cells – give them acid reflux.
Chemistry professor Kevin Belfield used a special salt to make cancer
cells more acidic – similar to the way greasy foods cause acid reflux
in some people. He used a light-activated, acid-generating molecule to
make the cells more acidic when exposed to specific wavelengths of
light, which in turn kills the bad cells. The surrounding healthy cells
stay intact.
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Kevin Belfield works in his lab at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. (Credit: University of Central Florida) |
Credit: http://today.ucf.edu
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