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...-targeted viral therapy to fight cancer." The gene added to the virus carries instructions for a cancer-fighting protein, human tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 3 (TIMP3). TIMP3 blocks enzymes that aid the development and progression of cancer, called matrix of metalloproteinases (MMP). MMPs help break down...Success of Hip Replacement Surgery Decided by Genes
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... them seek new therapies. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis showed earlier this summer that the enzyme, matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9), degrades abnormally aggregated proteins known as amyloid fibrils, a main ingredient of brain plaques. In the brain, MMP-9 is made by suppor...ERBITUX(R) Meets Primary Endpoint of Increasing Survival in Phase III Lung Cancer Study
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