Friday, August 28, 2009

Repulsive Little Blood-Sucking Parasites Update

Tick saliva could hold cancer cure: Brazilian scientists on Yahoo! Health: "It may be one of nature's repulsive little blood-sucking parasites, but the humble tick could yield a future cure for cancers of the skin, liver and pancreas, Brazilian researchers have discovered.

They have identified a protein in the saliva of a common South American tick, Amblyomma cajennense, that apparently reduces and can even eradicate cancerous cells while leaving healthy cells alone."

3 comments:

jj solari said...

cancer discoveries are the cold fusion of the biological sciences.

Jerry House said...

I saw your header and thought, "What has my family done now?"

moni said...

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