ANKARA - Turkish scientists have made a significant improvement for the treatment of cancer.
Professor Sinan Anlas told Turkish media that the poison of Paederus beetle will be a "ray of hope" for cancer treatment.
He said that first findings are extremely promising.
A group of academics from Turkey''s Manisa Celal Bayar University, supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, for the past three years have been working on a project that studies the effect of beetles on agriculture, ecology and medicine.
During the study it was found out that the life of mice with various cancer tumors was extended after this substance was given to them.