Turning Cancer Friend Into Cancer Foe, Burnham Institute for Medical Research Study
Thaindian News -- Washington, Oct 8 (IANS) Burnham Institute scientists have created a peptide that binds to a protein Bcl-2 that protects cancer cells from programmed cell death, and converts it into a cancer cell killer. The Bcl-2 protein has long been implicated in protecting cancer cells from apoptosis, which means programmed cell death.