Scientists in South Korea find a way that doesn’t depend on destroying cancer cells with medication or radiation. Their study centered on colon cancer. The researcher reveals that during tumor development there is a slight tipping point This means that the cells reach a fragile stage where some remain healthy and some become cancerous. By observing this moment, researchers recognized molecular switches that can flip cancer cells back toward their healthy state.

To get the concept of this switch, the team monitored how genes turn on and off as cells shift from healthy to  malignant. With this data, they established a computer model that emphasized specific regulators, which determine cell identity. When they activated this mechanism in laboratory experiments, the cancer cells shed many dangerous characteristics. They slowed their growth and acted more like healthy colon cells and were far less aggressive.

This technique is still in the very early stages, which means it hasn’t been tested on humans and has been witnessed effective only before cancer cells fully commit to being cancerous.