Keep the 'New' Cancer Drug in Your Medicine Cabinet

It turns out that the same types of drugs that help reduce runny noses and watery eyes during allergy season might also help ward off tumors. A new research report appearing in the July 2014 issue of emThe Journal of Leukocyte Biology/em suggests that antihistamines may have significant anti-cancer properties as they interfere with the function of a type of cell that is known to reduce the body's ability to fight tumors (called "myeloid derived suppressor cells"). ...