Loyola Study Finds The Hormone Estrogen Inhibits A Protein That Causes Normal Cell De

[News]

A new study is providing insight into how estrogen fuels many breast cancers, and researchers say the findings could lead to new cancer-fighting drugs. Researchers found that estrogen inhibits a protein called MLK3 that causes normal cell death. Blocking MLK3 leads to uncontrolled growth of cancer cells and resistance to chemotherapy...

More... (http://mnt.to/f/3ynx)

[Rich66]

The next step, Dr. Rana said, is to look for a drug that would overcome the inhibitory effect of estrogen on MLK3. Such a drug would be taken in combination with chemotherapy drugs.

Hmmm. You mean "chemoendocrine therapy (http://her2support.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=43403)"? Welcome to the 90's.