I know I'm stressed out but I didn't know cancer cells could be stressed out too. Most cancer cells exhibit overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The researches thought that this ROS was responsible for helping the cancer cell survive and grow. Dr. Peng Huang from the Department of Molecular Pathology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center thinks that increased ROS generation may also make cancer cells highly vulnerable to some treatment agents that would not be toxic to normal cells.

In the September issue of the journal Cancer Cell the research showed that scientists have found a way to take advantage the oxidative stress common in cancer cells. This approach has the therapeutic advantage of selectively targeting cancer cells while exhibiting minimal toxicity in normal cells.

I don't know the difference between regular stress and oxidative stress but whatever way we can mess with a cancer cell and have it be less toxic to the body is fine with me!