Could Trump’s favorite COVID pill fight cancer? Hydroxychloroquine could tackle drug resistance in tumors and make chemo more powerful, study claims

The drug was infamously promoted as a potential Covid treatment by then US president Donald Trump who took the medication himself as a prophylactic

Hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug, was Trump’s Covid darling in 2020.
But a new study says it could help make chemo more effective for some cancers.
Drs have tested the drug on chemo resistant tumours in chicken eggs and mice. 
Promising results have led to plans for a trial involving human cancer patients. MORE