Cancer 'breakthrough' could help millions
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2016/10/20/cancer-breakthrough-could-help-millions
A team of international researchers have made a "major scientific breakthrough" in cancer research that has the potential to help millions of people with the deadly disease.Researchers at Australia's Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have shown a newly discovered compound effectively kills off a protein essential for the growth of the deadly disease.
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He says the work, published in journal Nature, provides the first clear preclinical evidence that inhibiting MCL1 is effective in targeting several cancer types.
It has shown particular promise in fighting blood cancers such as acute myeloid leukaemia, lymphoma and multiple myeloma.
"These particular cancers are very sensitive to the compound," says Ass Prof Lessene
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Ultimately, millions of cancer sufferers could potentially benefit from this drug, he said
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