Once again leading the nation in medical breakthru's. I'm supprised that this story is getting such little coverage. It's a major advancement.
"Scientists have identified two proteins in patients with ovarian cancer that, when prevalent, dramatically increase their chance for survival.
Led by researchers at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, the discovery marks a significant advance for an emerging area of basic science called RNA interference, which one day may transform medicine.
After studying nearly 250 ovarian cancer patients, scientists found that women with high levels of two proteins called Dicer and Drosha in their tumor cells had a median survival of 11 years. Patients with low levels of the two proteins — about 40 percent of those studied — had a median survival of less than three years."
Excerpt Taken from Today's Houston Chronicle Read Entire Article
And knowledge advances onward...
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