Breast Cancer (Therapy)

Snake Venom Slows Tumor Growth

Published in Women's Health Weekly, September 7th, 1998

A protein found in copperhead snake venom dramatically retards breast tumor growth by both blocking tumor cell adhesion and invasion, as well as inhibiting new blood vessel development in the tumors, according to a research report presented at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society held August 20-27, 1998, in Boston, Massachusetts.

Tumors need blood vessels to deliver nutrients necessary for their continued growth, said Francis Markland, PhD, a professor of biochemistry at the University of Southern California School of Medicine, who reported the findings at the conference.

In studies with mice implanted with human breast cancer cells,...

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