Cancer Drug Works By Overactivating Cancer Gene
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/89500.php
Researchers at the University of Michigan have stumbled upon a new and promising cancer drug called bortezomib. This drug is able to fight against melanoma tumor cells by revving up the action of a cancer promoting cell. The idea is to instigate the cancer promoting cell so much that it goes into overdrives, and eventually self-destructs, also known as apoptosis. Researchers believe that this new idea of fighting cancer is very promising compared to the other treatments, which involve stopping the cancer promoting cells instead. The other cancer treatments aim to block specific oncogenes. Scientists know that these oncogenes have the power to both cause tumor cells to divide rapidly and instigate cell suicide. So instead of attacking these oncogenes from the other side, researchers started promoting these genes even more in hopes of having these oncogenes promote cell death, instead of cell division. This is very exciting because it not only helps fight cancer from a different way, but it also decreases the amount of toxins released in your body--something that cancer treatments currently are dealing with. Clinical trials of this drug are under way at the University of Michigan, as well as around the country.
I found this article interesting because I am very interested in the subject of cancer and it amazes me that they are getting closer and closer to curing this terrible disease everyday. The type of cancer that was emphasized in this article is melanoma, a very serious cancer that not many people recover from. I find it very fascinating that researchers at the University of Michigan have come so close to curing a very serious cancer just by looking out of the box and trying a completely different technique than what is currently used. The techniques that these scientists are using this fight this cancer is very unique and it shows how creative scientists need to be in order to cure something as serious and complicated as cancer. I find it very interesting how the minds of today are getting so close to curing so many serious diseases and advancing on so many current treatments.
Researchers at the University of Michigan have stumbled upon a new and promising cancer drug called bortezomib. This drug is able to fight against melanoma tumor cells by revving up the action of a cancer promoting cell. The idea is to instigate the cancer promoting cell so much that it goes into overdrives, and eventually self-destructs, also known as apoptosis. Researchers believe that this new idea of fighting cancer is very promising compared to the other treatments, which involve stopping the cancer promoting cells instead. The other cancer treatments aim to block specific oncogenes. Scientists know that these oncogenes have the power to both cause tumor cells to divide rapidly and instigate cell suicide. So instead of attacking these oncogenes from the other side, researchers started promoting these genes even more in hopes of having these oncogenes promote cell death, instead of cell division. This is very exciting because it not only helps fight cancer from a different way, but it also decreases the amount of toxins released in your body--something that cancer treatments currently are dealing with. Clinical trials of this drug are under way at the University of Michigan, as well as around the country.
I found this article interesting because I am very interested in the subject of cancer and it amazes me that they are getting closer and closer to curing this terrible disease everyday. The type of cancer that was emphasized in this article is melanoma, a very serious cancer that not many people recover from. I find it very fascinating that researchers at the University of Michigan have come so close to curing a very serious cancer just by looking out of the box and trying a completely different technique than what is currently used. The techniques that these scientists are using this fight this cancer is very unique and it shows how creative scientists need to be in order to cure something as serious and complicated as cancer. I find it very interesting how the minds of today are getting so close to curing so many serious diseases and advancing on so many current treatments.
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