Oklahoma scientists find way to slow cancer tumor growth in mice

Researchers at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation discovered a way to slow cancer tumors from growing in mice by removing a protein that regulates the formation of blood vessels. In some cases, cancer growth was stopped altogether.

BY JACLYN COSGROVE | Published: January 25, 2013

photo - Scientists and researchers Yunzhou Dong, Hong Chen, Satish Pasula and Xiaofeng Cai made a recent discovery that could help improve cancer therapy. Photo by Jaclyn Cosgrove, The Oklahoman

Scientists and researchers Yunzhou Dong, Hong Chen, Satish Pasula and Xiaofeng Cai made a recent discovery that could help improve cancer therapy. Photo by Jaclyn Cosgrove, The Oklahoman

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“When we looked closer, we noticed that the blood vessels didn’t function properly.”

The research was done using mice bred without epsins and also using human cells in a Petri...
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