The Liver Cancer Treatment Using RNA
Dr. Harrison Endowed and Denvanand Sarkar describe how RNA inducing silencing complex(RISC) contribute to the development of liver cancer. RISC is a complex multi-protein by RNA, and its an important factor in the transcription part of genes and translation. Transcription and Translation are processes that regulates functions such as cellular growth, division and death. “RISC works by degrading mRNA, which transmit genetic information in a cell that prevents the formation of tumors. This allows other cancer-causing factors to go unchecked and aid tumor growth,” says Sarkar. A protein that Dr. Sarkar had been experimenting on known as SND-1, and it’s a protein created by the gene SND1, and is supposed to decrease the cancer progression by killing off healthy cancer cells. However this experiment is needed to be tested more on cells and cannot be used for cancer treatment yet.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110322172241.htm
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