View Full Version : OU Profs develop a cancer killer



MadMonk
05-15-2007, 12:56 PM
Okla. Professors Develop Cancer Protein - Newsday.com (http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-cancer-discovery,0,5426210.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines)

This is pretty cool and shines a nice spotlight on OU.


Okla. Professors Develop Cancer Protein

By Associated Press

May 14, 2007, 5:04 PM EDT

NORMAN, Okla. -- Two professors at the University of Oklahoma say they've developed a protein that can stop the spread of certain cancer cells without damaging normal cells.

Thomas Pento and Roger Harrison helped develop a fusion protein that keeps some types of cancer cells from ingesting a vital protein called methionine. The fusion protein doesn't affect normal cells because, unlike cancer cells, they can be healthy without that protein.