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Researchers Use 'Decoy' Molecule to Treat Cancer

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the as-good-as-the-real-thing dept.

Jerry Rivers writes "The Globe and Mail is reporting that scientists in British Columbia have successfully used a 'decoy' molecule to shrink advanced prostate tumors. Citing a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the the Globe story explains how the researchers are the first to find a way to block the process of androgen reception in cells and prevent, a key trigger in the onset of prostate cancer."

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  1. Another Canadian research breakthrough by Sunburnt · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This seems to be a trend; the most exciting oncology news I've recently seen came out of Alberta.

    Is cancer research a major industry in Canada, or is this an abnormally productive period for their universities? It seems like a lot of recent discoveries in that field have come from my Frozen Northern Neighbor.

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  2. Re:A little more info by SatanicPuppy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    And as always, it is a great time to be a mouse with cancer.

    The real irony is when we succeed in wiping out cancer in mice a full decade before we do it for people.

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