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The Key to Stopping Cancer's Deadliest Trick Was Hiding in a Blood Pressure Pill All Along — Why INSERM's Calcium Ion Discovery Could Rewrite the Rules of Cancer Treatment
French INSERM researchers discovered calcium ions play a decisive role in opening the door for cancer cells to breach blood vessel walls. If nifedipine, a drug used for decades to treat hypertension, can slam that door shut, a new era of stopping the metastasis that causes 90% of cancer deaths could begin.