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A Protein That Terminates 70% Of Common Cancers

Posted by timothy on from the cancer-sucks dept.

Orne writes "BBC News reports here that researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis have located 'a protein CUGBP2 (that) interacted with the mRNA for Cox-2 in eight types of human cancer cells.' Cox-2 (which is already known to affect inflammation in arthritis sufferers) is involved in growing blood vessels to feed cancer cells, leading to their uncontrolled growth. Raising CUGBP2 to normal levels puts the cancer's 'death' cycle back on track."

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  1. Thank goodness for GoogleNews and Drudge... by presearch · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    or we'd never see anything on /. except for articles about computers.

  2. In Soviet America by DarkKnightRadick · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    the medicine insures you! ;-)

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  3. Timothy.... by FPhlyer · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Thanks for coming down to Montgomery Alabama today and demonstrating what goes on in the administrative side of slashdot. I really enjoyed your presentation, and demonstration of how articles get placed on slashdot. For those who weren't there: This article was the one that he demo'd to us.

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