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http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-thioridazine-cancer-stem-cells-human.html
"A team of scientists at McMaster University has discovered a drug, thioridazine, successfully kills cancer stem cells in the human while avoiding the toxic side-effects of conventional cancer treatments."
Thioridazine is currently prescribed for schizophrenia and carries a bagful of nasty side effects with it at prescribed dosage levels, so it's not a get-out-of-jail-free card.
"A team of scientists at McMaster University has discovered a drug, thioridazine, successfully kills cancer stem cells in the human while avoiding the toxic side-effects of conventional cancer treatments."
Thioridazine is currently prescribed for schizophrenia and carries a bagful of nasty side effects with it at prescribed dosage levels, so it's not a get-out-of-jail-free card.