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                       Medical breakthrough of the day

> Scientists in California have found a way to “turn off” a gene that makes
> cancerous cells lethal. They eliminated aggressive, incurable liver tumours
> in laboratory mice in four weeks, they report in an advance paper in Nature
> today.
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> The study, based on a gene called Myc, could lead to new ways of treating
> cancer.
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Via Vidicon [1], “S cientists find way to 'turn off' cancer [2]”

This is incredible news and I wish the scientists luck in applying this to
humans. My Mom died ten years ago of cancer and while this won't help her
any, it may help those with cancer now, and possibly those of us in the
future who may get it.

[1] http://www.livejournal.com/users/vidicon/390147.html
[2] http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1324248,00.html

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