New cancer treatment uses body’s cellular waste disposal to flag harmful proteins

Centre established in London with philanthropic donation to exploit promising new techniques

Scientists are perfecting a new anti-cancer treatment that exploits the body's own cellular waste disposal system. Some drugs are already producing promising results, and the number of new medicines is expected to rise in the near future with the opening of a British centre dedicated to using the technique.

Fifteen researchers will work at the Centre for Protein Degradation which has been set up through a 9m donation to the Institute of Cancer Research, in London, by philanthropists David and Ruth Hill.