US Researchers Identify New Way to Slow Cancer Development

© Sputnik / Varvara Gert'e / Go to the mediabankSurgeons during an operation on removing a malignant tumor
Surgeons during an operation on removing a malignant tumor - Sputnik International
Subscribe
Researchers from the University of Rochester have identified a new way to slow down the growth of cancer cells.

The new method, reported in the latest issue of the journal Science, involves a certain protein called Tudor-SN and the gene-editing technology CRISPR-Cas9.

Wine - Sputnik International
World
One Alcoholic Drink a Day Increases Breast Cancer Risk - Study

On a closer look, the researchers found out how Tudor-SN is important in the "preparatory" phase of the cell cycle, the period when the cell gets ready to divide, according to the new study.

"We know that Tudor-SN is more abundant in cancer cells than healthy cells, and our study suggests that targeting this protein could inhibit fast-growing cancer cells," Reyad A. Elbarbary, lead author of the study and research assistant professor in the Center for RNA Biology and the department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, said in a statement.

The findings were made in kidney and cervical cancer cells in the laboratory and are a long way from being applied to people. But the researchers said they could be the basis of a treatment option in the future.

This story was first published in the Global Times.

Newsfeed
0
To participate in the discussion
log in or register
loader
Chats
Заголовок открываемого материала