How Drugs Can Minimize the Side Effects of Chemotherapy
(WorldNews Switzerland)

Most cancer patients who have to undergo chemotherapy treatment worry about the associated side effects, especially nausea and vomiting. The cause of these unpleasant effects is a receptor in the brain which is normally activated by the neurokin 1 receptor. During chemotherapy, this receptor is greatly overstimulated. The same receptor also plays a central role in many other medical problems - such as migraine, perception of pain and pruritus (severe itching). Ever since the receptor was discovered thirty years ago, teams around the world have worked on...