OREANDA-NEWS  A team of NCFU scientists as part of an international research team managed to obtain more bioavailable and less toxic substances with high anti-cancer activity. The resulting compounds have been tested for activity against the most aggressive forms of cancer, which are not treatable by most known drugs. The results are presented in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters.

According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (the WHO agency dealing with cancer), 20 million new cases of cancer were registered worldwide in 2022, but it is projected that by 2050 this figure will grow by 77% and reach 35 million.

As explained to RIA Novosti at the North Caucasus Federal University (NCFU), today in clinical practice, compounds are used to treat aggressive and advanced forms of cancer that are very toxic and leave cell decay products in the body, which is unacceptable in the case of brain tumors. Therefore, it is important to look for new drugs that will not destroy, but deactivate cancer cells.