Acriflavine

November 7th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Drug, acriflavine, used in the 1930s for treating gonorrhea, has now been found beneficial in battling cancer, according to a new study at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. ❋ Ians (2010)

Researchers have found that acriflavine has the previously unknown ability to halt the growth of new blood vessels. ❋ Ians (2010)

Fish breeders regularly add disinfectants, including methylene blue, acriflavine, hydrogen peroxide and chloramine-t to batches of eggs - particularly those of egg-depositing species, such as cichlids - in an attempt to prevent the broods becoming infected by pathogenic fungi. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Preliminary tests showed that mice engineered to develop cancer had no tumor growth if treated with daily injections of acriflavine. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The drug, acriflavine, used in the 1930s for treating gonorrhea, has turned out to have the previously unknown ability to halt the growth of new blood vessels. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Liu hopes that acriflavine can one day be incorporated into chemotherapy cocktails, one drug among many that help fight cancer. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Preliminary tests showed mice engineered to develop cancer had no tumor growth if treated daily with the gonorrhea drug acriflavine, said Jun Liu, who teaches pharmacology and molecular sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore. ❋ Unknown (2009)