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News	03-03-2010 08:10 AM

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

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...

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Rich66

03-03-2010 09:56 AM

Re: Loyola Study Finds The Hormone Estrogen Inhibits A Protein That Causes Normal Cel

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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"? Welcome to the 90's.

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