The majority of patients had previously unsuccessfully treated pass through conventional medicines. All of the volunteers suffered from difficult to treat acute myeloid leukemia - an aggressive cancer of white blood cells.

20 of 24 patients received gomoharringtonin and traditional treatment, increases the effect of the drug. They all came into remission, where symptoms of cancer have disappeared. One 76-year-old woman remained in remission for over a year, despite the fact that she received a herbal preparation only 5 months.

Summing up the results of this study, editor of Science Translational Medicine reported that treatment of Chinese herbal medicine has shown promising results, given that it passed through the mostly elderly patients, as well as those who have not helped any other technique.

Consequently, gomoharringtonin necessary to investigate in order to establish the degree of efficiency.

This drug is made from wood Golovchatotiss Harrington grown in China and Japan, as well as the increasingly popular in European gardens. The medicine prevents tumors produce proteins, which are necessary for growth and life. Scientists from the University of Hong Kong say that gomoharringtonin used for decades in China, especially for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia.