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Can "Tes" Stop "Mena" in the Search for a Cancer Cure?
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7161762.stm"><DIV class="sh"> Drug target to stop cancer spread </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7161762.stm"><FONT size="2"> <TABLE width="203" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="right"><TBODY><TR><TD><DIV> <IMG width="203" vspace="0" hspace="0" height="152" border="0" alt="breast cancer cell" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44323000/jpg/_44323005_breast_cancer_cell_spl203.jpg" /> <DIV class="cap">Cancer cells can spread through the body</DIV> </DIV> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><B>UK scientists have uncovered a vital clue to stopping cancers spreading around the body. </B> </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7161762.stm"><FONT size="2">The Mena protein is found in excessive amounts in tumours and was already known to help cancer cells move away from a tumour and spread around the body to form secondary cancers - one of the main obstacles in treating cancer. </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7161762.stm"><P> <FONT size="2">Without being able to interact with its normal binding partners, Mena was no longer able to help the cancer cells migrate from the tumour. </FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; 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