My sister is a Phd. in molecular science and this was her response.
The original research study that this article cites (Cancer Cell) is very highly regarded. I will have to read the primary paper to see how rigorous of a study was conducted. If the laboratory results are real and reproducible, it will still take many years to prove clinical safety and efficacy in the setting of oncology. Lots of drugs kill cells in culture but then fail in the clinical setting. I see this happen every day. It is an interesting premise for a new therapeutic target in cancer treatment, though. I am certainly intrigued.
plus we have to figure out who will make the millions and billions of dollars on this, how to patent an already available drug, and how to make people depending on it need bigger government in order to receive it. For the Children (tm).