From Elite Daily.com (Aug. 26):
Scientists possibly discovered the key to “turning off” cancer by reverting malignant cells back to their previous states.
Cells constantly divide to maintain their populations, and molecules called microRNAs stop cells from dividing by producing PLEKHA7 proteins.
When a cell turns cancerous, however, this protein production does not occur and the cells’ bonds continue to divide, according to The Telegraph.
But scientists at the Mayo Clinic in Florida found restoring PLEKHA7 levels in cancer cells turned those cancerous cells back into normal cells.
The team likened the reversal process to activating the brakes on a car.
Well, that’s great to hear even though the success was in lab-grown cells, but still hopeful.
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