Friday, December 28, 2007

If I had to pick one super power...

"The Mouse That Can't Get Cancer" is the title of the article.
So this mouse has a gene which produces a particular protein. This protein attacks cancer cells, but not normal cells. "In time, it may be possible to adapt the method to treat people, with the gene, or a similar gene, being introduced into the body through bone marrow transplants. But such a treatment is at least ten years away," says the article and Dr Vivek Rangnekar at Kentucky University.

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