A University of Birmingham team tested the impact of amphetamine derivatives such as Ecstasy and weight-loss pills, and antidepressants including Prozac.
They found the drugs were effective at blocking cancer growth in more than half of lymphoma (white blood cell cancer) samples tested.
It is hoped the FASEBJ Journal study will will lead to new cancer therapies.
...Cancer growth was slowed down in nine out of the 17 samples when they were exposed to antidepressants, and in 11 out of 17 when exposed to one or both of the amphetamine derivatives.
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