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Cancer Therapy
Blocking enzyme could stop spread of cancer
December 14th, 2004
A team of Danish researchers has discovered that by blocking a specific enzyme, it is possible to check the spread of cancer in the body. This finding may be the first step toward preventing deaths due to cancer spreading to other parts of the body. The discovery may also help reduce the amount of chemotherapy used. The discovery, which was recently published in the International Journal of Cancer, was made by a research team from the Finsen Laboratory at Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet and the Institute of Molecular Biology at the University of Copenhagen. "What is special about the enzyme - urokinase...
Source: cancer weekly (2004-12-14)
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