Frog molecule could offer drug treatment for brain tumors

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The current treatments available for brain tumour are complex surgery and chemotherapy. In new research, scientists describe the first complete analysis of the structural and chemical properties of the molecule. Known as Amphinase, the molecule recognizes the sugary coating found on a tumor cell and binds to its surface before invading the cell and inactivating the RNA it contains, causing the tumor to die. Scientists claim that it is a very exciting molecule like Mother Nature’s very own magic bullet for recognizing and destroying cancer cells. This molecule is highly specific at hunting and destroying tumor cells, is easily synthesized in the laboratory and offers great hope as a therapeutic treatment of the future.

As a treatment, it is most likely to be injected into the area where it is needed. It will have no effect on other cells because it is only capable of recognising and binding to the sugar coating of tumour cells.
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June 27, 2007 - 7:06 AM | Posted in - Cancer
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