Cancer research targets a key cell protein
Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 02:30
in Health & Medicine
The cell protein CD47 sits on the surface of tumor cells and fends off attacks from the immune system. Blocking its signals slows tumor growth in mice, researchers find.Blocking "don't destroy me" signals that normally sit on the surface of tumor cells and render them resistant to immune-cell attack slows the growth of a broad range of human cancers when they're implanted in mice, researchers have found.