Jefferson scientists find blood vessel-building protein halts blood vessels from forming in cancer
14th Nov 2006, 22:36 GMT
A piece of the protein cellular scaffolding involved in building blood vessels duringdevelopment might have the opposite effect in tumors. Scientists have found that the protein fragment endorepellin blocks both skin and lung cancer tumors from progressing in animal models by preventing their ability to recruit new blood vessels, a process called angiogenesis. The researchers believe the finding could lead to a new type of tumor inhibitor to prevent cancer from spreading.
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