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Breast Cancer
New findings reported from Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Biology Institute describe advances in breast cancer
February 1st, 2007
Data detailed in "Occurrence of thymosin beta4 in human breast cancer cells and in other cell types of the tumor microenvironment" have been presented. "Previous studies have shown that the G-actin sequestering polypeptide thymosin beta4 frequently is overexpressed in cancers and that such overexpression correlates to malignant progression. However, the localization of thymosin beta4 in human cancers has not been determined," scientists in Frederiksberg, Denmark report. "We now demonstrate that there is a considerable heterogeneity in the cellular distribution of thymosin beta4 in breast cancer. In most tumors examined, cancer cells showed low or intermediate reactivity...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2007-02-01)
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