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Cancer protein ‘can be disarmed’

by Pat Coate | November 12, 2009
"With our discovery, we've declared open season on transcription factors and other intractable drug targets."
- Greg Verdine, researcher

Scientists have found a way to disarm a protein thought to play a key role in leukaemia and other cancers.

The breakthrough raises hopes of a new type of therapy that could treat cancer and other diseases.

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