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A protein, called
fibulin-5, that stops blood vessels from growing
may help in the fight against certain kinds of
tumour cancers.
According to Dr.
William Schieman of the National Jewish Medical and
Research Center . He explains in a press release
that "We believe fibulin-5 shows real promise as a
cancer therapy," he detailed further that "When we
slightly altered the naturally occurring protein it
was even more effective at inhibiting the sprouting
of new blood vessels."
A difficulty with
tumour cancers is that they can break away from one
spot and drift into another. The cancer then causes
blood vessels to grow around the new tumour. This
new protein discovery suggests it may be possible
to stop cancers from developing a blood supply and
hence may cause tumours to die of
starvation.
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