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Protein transformation drives cancer development
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Protein transformation drives cancer development

by Northwestern University Mitochondria. Credit: Wikipedia commons A change in function in a mitochondrial antioxidant protein increases stem cell gene expression that promotes the development of more aggressive cancerous cells, according to a recent Northwestern Medicine study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. While the protein superoxide dismutase-2 (SOD2) has been known to...