Residents of Saransk told about antitumor compound based on gold

Residents of Saransk reported a substance with gold, which in the future can help in the fight against tumors.

According to the plan, a new type of drugs can appear on the basis of the compound. Means with gold, scientists believe a possible replacement for drugs that use platinum.

The created complex acts on cancer cells more strongly at a lower dose. Gold is needed to obtain such a substance very little.

The complexes were tested on breast and cervical cancer cells. One of them acted selectively: for healthy cells, it was noticeably less toxic than for tumor cells. Scientists call this result encouraging.