And strangely enough ricin is also being investigated as a possible cancer treatment, because of its ability to trigger that protein-stopping self destruct mechanism in cells, including, of course, cancer cells.
奇妙的是,癌症研究者也想借蓖麻毒素的一臂之力,因为它的功力来自阻止蛋白质合成,引发细胞死亡,只要把目标细胞换成癌细胞就行了。