Scientists tame chaotic protein fueling 75% of cancers

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(Funded by the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Defense)

Researchers from the University of California, Riverside, have found a way to rein in a protein responsible for making the majority of human cancer cases worse. What the researchers discovered is a peptide compound that binds to the protein and suppresses its activity. To deliver this peptide into cells, the researchers used lipid nanoparticles.

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