Yet its contribution to
tumor cell proliferation only increases the evidence that changes in metabolism are a cause of cancer and not just a consequence, according to Leif Ellisen, a cancer genetics researcher and oncologist who directs the MGH Translational Research Laboratory.
Not exact matches
«This is not its
only effect, Thomas Matthes adds, H225 also significantly limited
cell proliferation, even when
tumor cells had already settled in the lymphatic system.
According to University of Helsinki scientist and Finnish Academy Research Fellow Juha Klefström, PhD, who led the study, «Myc oncoprotein not
only boosts
tumor cell proliferation but it also makes the
cells vulnerable to
cell suicide program, apoptosis.
The
proliferation rates of the cancer in the flax - eaters were
only half that of the controls, confirming the test - tube studies done on prostate cancer
cells suggesting that flax can indeed slow prostate
tumor growth.