Because mitochondria come from bacteria, antibiotics might help treat melanoma?

Some antibiotics seem to be effective against a type of skin cancer called melanoma

Researchers at Leuven University may have discovered a new weapon against melanoma: antibiotics that target the "power" of cancer cells

"As cancer progresses, some melanoma cells may evade treatment and stop proliferating to'hide ' the immune system

Researchers implanted tumors from patients into mice, and then treated the mice with antibiotics—either as the sole treatment or in combination with existing anti-melanoma treatments

Due to the increase in antibiotic resistance, the antibiotics researchers now use are rarely used for bacterial infections

However, Leucci warned that patients with melanoma should not start trials now

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Although this type of research may be the first step in a new treatment, the development process takes several years

Original search: Activation of the integrated stress response confers vulnerability to mitoribosome-targeting antibiotics in melanoma