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  • BBC NEWS | Health | Enzyme behind cancer spread found

    Enzyme behind cancer spread found. From the page: "Scientists say they have identified an enzyme that helps cancer spread around the body. Cancer metastasis, where the cancer spreads from its original location, is known to be responsible for 90% of cancer-related deaths. Institute of... more

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  • Rated by usmjam on Apr 13 2009, 11:30am

    From the page: "Scientists say they have identified an enzyme that helps cancer spread around the body."

  • Rated by lunaticprophet on Mar 10 2009, 1:13pm

    Enzyme behind cancer spread found. From the page: "Scientists say they have identified an enzyme that helps cancer spread around the body. Cancer metastasis, where the cancer spreads from its original location, is known to be responsible for 90% of cancer-related deaths. Institute of Cancer Research scientists have found that an enzyme called LOX is crucial in promoting metastasis, Cancer Cell journal reports. Drugs to block this enzyme's action could keep cancer at bay, they hope. The researchers studied breast cancer in mice, but are confident that their findings will apply to humans with other cancer types too. This new discovery provides real hope that we can develop a drug which will fight the spreading of cancer Lead researcher Dr Janine Erler LOX (lysyl oxidase) works by sending out signals to prepare a new area of the body for the cancer to set up a camp. Without this preparation process the new environment would be too hostile for the cancer to grow. Lead researcher Dr Janine Erler described the discovery as "the crucial missing piece in the jigsaw that scientists have been searching for." She said it was the first time one key enzyme has been identified as responsible for effectively allowing the cancer to spread."

  • Rated by scarletpirate on Mar 10 2009, 10:15am

    I always hope when I see stuff like this that they've finally found the key to cancer.

  • Rated by snailspace1 on Mar 09 2009, 7:10pm

    ENZYME BEHIND CANCER SPREAD FOUND I found the link to this page on my friend Rod42's blog. This is good news, indeed! From the page: "Lead researcher Dr Janine Erler described the discovery as "the crucial missing piece in the jigsaw that scientists have been searching for."

  • Rated by induscrypt on Mar 09 2009, 6:03am

    From the page: "LOX (lysyl oxidase) works by sending out signals to prepare a new area of the body for the cancer to set up a camp. Without this preparation process the new environment would be too hostile for the cancer to grow. "

  • Rated by dorla on Mar 08 2009, 2:01pm

    From the page: "Scientists say they have identified an enzyme that helps cancer spread around the body." Identification means the first step on the way to find out how to block the effect of this enzyme and as such how to stop cancer from spreading. Most people succumb to cancer because it has spread.

  • Rated by sillydog2112 on Mar 08 2009, 10:55am

    Did someone give Obama a heads up on this one before his speech to the Joint Session of Congress the other day? Sadly, I have no reason to think that the cure for cancer will be owned by anyone but former Nazis -- they keep popping up like whack-a-moles whenever there's someone geting the pointy end of the stick for no apparent reason.

  • Rated by busygirl23 on Mar 08 2009, 7:46am

    Hopefully this will save millions of lives!

  • Rated by parvez on Mar 08 2009, 12:42am

    This is good news only!