In this blog I will be writhing about a biological breakthrough that happened in 2005 that could help fight liver cancer. With the help of Kyoto University in Japan; Professor John Mayer and Dr. Simon Dawson discovered the way a cancer causing protein called oncoprotein works. The cancer is called hepatocellular (liver) carcinoma.
This cancer is very common in Africa and Asia, and is common in people who have had hepatitis. There is no cure for primary liver cancer and the survival rates are low. Liver cells that are dying are disrupted by oncoprotein and protect the liver from cancer. The protein is sometimes the "guardian of the genome" and is responsible for regulating cell division in the liver.
I think this will help save many peoples lives and it will delay the spread of the disease through out the body and hopefully give many people more years to live and to enjoy life.
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