Echinoderms can treat leukemia
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Last Update: 2002-03-01
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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Introduction: Hideki otai, a scientist at the Institute of comprehensive technology of Japanese industry, found that a echinoderm living near the coast of Japan contains substances that can kill leukemic cells, and is expected to be used to make cheap drugs for the treatment of leukaemia According to the scientist, this marine invertebrate contains a variety of proteins and peptides that hinder cell proliferation In the experiment, it acts on Jurkat, one of the leukemia cells The result is obvious: the death rate of leukemia cells is almost 100%, while 80% of normal white blood cells survive After research, it was this protein that caused leukemia cells to "commit suicide" AEJ
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