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December 28, 2010

PressTV - Cancer cells can trigger own suicide

PressTV - Cancer cells can trigger own suicide
Many cancer cells are equipped with a protein on their surface that makes it possible for them to send their self-destruction code to the body's immune system.

According to previous studies, a molecule on the surface of cancer and non-cancer cells, called CD47, allows these cells to avoid being destructed by sending the opposite signal, "Don't eat me" to immune cells.

Stanford University researchers identified a new antibody that blocks the CD47 activity and the transfer of the "Don't eat me" signal through an unidentified mechanism.

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