Stanford study prevents pancreatic tumour growth in mice by inhibiting key protein

Monday, February 2, 2009 - 03:43 in Health & Medicine

Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a protein critical for the growth of pancreatic cancer. Blocking the expression of the protein slowed or prevented tumour growth in mice and made cultured cancer cells vulnerable to the conditions of low oxygen that occur in solid tumours...

Read the whole article on

More from

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net