Colorectal cancer research: High blood pressure medication as a new treatment option

An international team of scientists led by Dr Dominic Bernkopf from Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) has unravelled a mechanism that enables active substances originally developed to treat high blood pressure to be used specifically to combat bowel cancer. In preclinical studies, this innovative approach significantly inhibited the growth of bowel cancer. The Wilhelm Sander Foundation funded the project with 247,000 euros.