Mayo Clinic researchers find that protein believed to protect against cancer has a Mr. Hyde side
Thursday, September 3, 2009 - 11:21
in Health & Medicine
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- In a biological rendition of fiction's Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, researchers from the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida and Harvard Medical School have found that a protein thought to protect against cancer development can actually spur the spread of tumors.