From: Damien Broderick (damien@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Sun Jan 10 1999 - 05:00:27 MST
< Normal p53 and Bcl-10 molecules, Wilkinson explains, "act as quality control
inspectors, preventing cancerous cells from reproducing. Mutant Bcl-10
makes cells
cancerous." Mutant Bcl-10 not only prevented abnormal cells from dying and
speeded
up their reproduction - like p53 - but also, the scientists found,
actively changed cells so
they become malignant.
P53 research has advanced to the point of looking at treatments
putting normal p53
molecules into cells. The BBC say that Dr. Dyer expects this Bcl-10
discovery to make
it easier to develop effective treatment—if scientists can find a way of
switching off the
mechanism which makes cells malignant. >
http://www.psa-rising.com/medicalpike/bcl10.htm
Damien Broderick
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