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Hardrock69
08-16-2007, 09:12 AM
VANCOUVER

August 13, 2007 at 6:49 PM EDT

A unique gene that can stop cancerous cells from multiplying into tumours has been discovered by a team of scientists at the B.C. Cancer Agency in Vancouver.

The team, led by Dr. Poul Sorensen, says the gene has the power to suppress the growth of human tumours in multiple cancers, including breast, lung and liver.

The gene, HACE 1, helps cells fight off stress that, left unchecked, opens the door to formation of multiple tumours.

Dr. Sorensen's team found cancerous cells form tumours when HACE 1 is inactive, but when additional stress such as radiation is added, tumour growth is rampant.

Kick-starting HACE 1 prevented those cells from forming tumours.

The study appears in the advance online publication of Nature Medicine.


http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070813.wgenee0813/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth

Coyote
08-16-2007, 02:08 PM
'Allelujah!!

Steve Savicki
08-16-2007, 03:49 PM
Yay!

Mr. Vengeance
08-16-2007, 05:37 PM
Had to be my countrymen to discover it, since G.W. would find a way to say that kind of stuff is against God's law and stiffle it, the stupid bastard!

Redballjets88
08-16-2007, 05:51 PM
smoke em if ya got 'em