In the 2024 laboratory study, scientists treated human colon cancer cells with the anti-worm drug Mebendazole and then measured how many cells died after 48 hours.
Using a special test that separates living cells from dying cells, they found that 78% (±12%) of the cancer cells were pushed into apoptosis, which is the cell’s natural self-destruction process.
This result was extremely statistically strong (P = 0.0001), meaning it was very unlikely to be due to chance. In simple terms, this shows that mebendazole didn’t just slow the cancer — it actively forced most of the cancer cells to shut down and die in the lab.
PMID: 37837472
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