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post Aug 14 2007, 01:11 AM
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Canadian team discovers gene that turns cancers off

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August 13, 2007 at 6:49 PM EDT

A unique gene that can stop cancerous cells from multiplying into tumours has been discovered by a team of scientists at the B.C. Cancer Agency in Vancouver.

The team, led by Dr. Poul Sorensen, says the gene has the power to suppress the growth of human tumours in multiple cancers, including breast, lung and liver...


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post Aug 15 2007, 03:29 PM
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No, I mean mitochondria. Lysosomes are cells unto themselves that digest small particles of waste (food, bacteria, etc.).
Oh, and the drug that cures cancer is called dichloroacetate and its unpatentable because its been used for a long time to treat some metabolic disorders...
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- BlackieChan   w00t   Aug 14 2007, 01:11 AM
- - Clazzy   I was always under the impression that cancer occu...   Aug 14 2007, 01:52 AM
- - Tartan Bunny   cancers are caused by mutations, and because human...   Aug 14 2007, 01:55 AM
- - Clazzy   QUOTE cancers are caused by mutations, and because...   Aug 14 2007, 02:51 PM
- - BloodReign   I don't think that it is at all a natural occu...   Aug 14 2007, 03:59 PM
- - Clazzy   Here you go. Old age occurs because faulty cells a...   Aug 14 2007, 06:06 PM
|- - Lin Kuei Ominae   There are many ways to get a genetical defect. One...   Aug 14 2007, 09:11 PM
- - CrashKing   Damn, if they find a way to cure cancer... that...   Aug 14 2007, 09:26 PM
- - Clazzy   There already are cures for it, they work well mos...   Aug 14 2007, 11:09 PM
|- - The Raven   QUOTE (Clazzy @ Aug 14 2007, 06:09 PM) Th...   Aug 14 2007, 11:25 PM
- - DeathRay2K   Cancer is simply what happens when the mitochondri...   Aug 15 2007, 05:44 AM
- - BloodReign   d2k I think you mean lysosomes. Mitochondria are j...   Aug 15 2007, 12:09 PM

 

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