Kidney Cancer

Bristol scientists discover new molecule that could prevent tumor growth

Published in Cancer Weekly, August 6th, 2002

Scientists at Bristol University have discovered a new molecule that could prevent tumor growth.

Drs. Dave Bates and Steve Harper in the Microvascular Research Laboratories in the department of physiology, working in collaboration with clinicians at Southmead Hospital, have discovered a type of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) found in normal kidneys that has a different structure from that found in kidney cancer. The research findings was published in Cancer Research.

This new form of VEGF, VEGF165b, has a different structure at the end of the molecule and is switched off in kidney cancer. It also seems to be able to inhibit at...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2002-08-06)

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