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Summary:The cure for cancer, the present state of research, and the promise of the drug HMBA.
Hexamethylene bisacetamide
Description:THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR A CURE FOR CANCER. TONIGHT'S EQUINOX FOLLOWS THREE AMERICAN SCIENTISTS DURING A YEAR IN WHICH THEY GET NEARER TO DEVELOPING A RADICALLY NEW TYPE OF ANTI-CANCER DRUG. BUT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING FOR A DECADE AND IT MAY BE ANOTHER FIVE YEARS BEFORE THEIR WORK APPEARS ON THE SHELVES OF HOSPITALS AND CLINICS. WHY IS CANCER RESEARCH SO DIFFICULT? AND WILL THIS DRUG REALLY FULFIL THE PROMISE IT SHOWS IN THE EARLY TESTS ON PATIENTS?