Scientists Create Mouse That Can’t Get Cancer

Posted by Algonkin in Animal, Medicine, Science & Tech on November 28, 2007 at 8:55 am


MouseA mouse resistant to cancer, even to those highly-aggressive types, has been created by researchers at the University of Kentucky. The breakthrough stems from a discovery by UK College of Medicine professor of radiation medicine Vivek Rangnekar and a team of researchers who found a tumor-suppressor gene called “Par-4″ in the prostate.

Researchers discovered that the Par-4 gene kills cancer cells, but not normal cells. Rangnekar’s study is unique in that mice born with this gene are not developing tumors. The mice grow normally and have no defects. In fact, the mice possessing Par-4 actually live a few months longer than the control animals, indicating that they have no toxic side effects.

Via: ScienceDaily



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11 comments to "Scientists Create Mouse That Can’t Get Cancer"

  1. Open English
    November 28th, 2007 at 10:32 am

    This is so great, I wonder what it means for us humans, though.

  2. Rick Spencer
    November 28th, 2007 at 10:33 am

    God Bless the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Research: https://ukhealthcare.uky.edu/Markey/research/index.asp

  3. algonkin
    November 28th, 2007 at 11:16 am

    I lost a sister to Cancer back in 1985. This research means a lot to me.

  4. L.C.
    November 28th, 2007 at 11:36 am

    Sorry, but is it just me, or is that mouse too damn cute???

  5. K
    November 28th, 2007 at 12:44 pm

    I wonder if this will fix my Golf Swing?

    My swing has been called a cancer by my friends for years - I’ve been looking for ways to fix it, but old habits die hard, ya know?

    hahahahahaa

  6. Jonn
    November 28th, 2007 at 1:26 pm

    Doesn’t say how this gene affects cognition. What good is not getting cancer if you have the IQ of a toilet?

    Gene therapy and research is very important and powerful, but if you perturb a complex system of any kind (in this case, the genome) you WILL ALWAYS get unexpected and possibly terrible results.

    That said, good for them. They just got funding forever…

  7. Orjans Morjan
    November 28th, 2007 at 1:44 pm

    How ironic the prostate curing cancer…

    And all these years people have only been focusing on curing breast cancer. Anyone know of a thing called prostate cancer?

  8. Chris
    November 28th, 2007 at 3:33 pm

    Just lost a good friend to the f*g disease. Hope this is goign to be good.

  9. L
    November 28th, 2007 at 6:31 pm

    What if you don’t have a prostate?

  10. Thomas
    November 28th, 2007 at 8:49 pm

    I wonder how long until I can get an anticancer gene spliced into my dna. Then I can smoke three packs a day.

  11. XuYu
    November 29th, 2007 at 12:42 am

    How in the world did they teach a mouse to pray?


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