内皮抑制素是在美国波士顿儿童医院Judah Folkman的实验室里发现,40年来的科学研究彻底改变了人们对癌症发展机制的认识。这个发现来之不易,在医学史上将会被作为重大医学成就而载入史册。当今对癌症的治疗采取的往往是极端的措施,使用的抗肿瘤药物中,有些是已知含有毒性很大的物质。治疗癌症的常规药物多数是第一次世界大战中使用的芥子气的 Endostatin was discovered in a laboratory at Judah Folkman, Children’s Hospital Boston, USA, where over 40 years of scientific research have revolutionized understanding of the mechanisms by which cancer develops. The hard-won discovery, in the history of medicine, will be recorded in history as a major medical achievement. Today’s treatments for cancer often take extreme measures, and some of the antitumor drugs used are known to contain very toxic substances. Most conventional medicines used to treat cancer are mustard used in World War I