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RNA Interference

Scientists test new method to attack cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, August 5th, 2003

Scientists have used a technique called RNA interference to impair cancer cells' ability to produce a key enzyme called telomerase.

The enzyme, present in most major types of cancer cells, gives cells the lethal ability to divide rampantly without dying. The laboratory experiments create an opportunity for researchers who are focusing on telomerase in a bid to develop a drug like none ever developed - one capable of killing 85% of cancers

The research, led by Peter T. Rowley, MD, of the University of Rochester Medical Center, was presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Washington, DC.

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