Word: cantors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Cantor says his research has shown that a cancer cell's lifespan may be increased by binding with osteopontin. Since osteopontin is in motion, its binding moves cancer cells throughout the body, allowing it to metastasize--creating secondary cancer tumors, which make the disease more difficult to treat...
...Cantor says he thinks crippling cancer cell osteopontin could mean wonders for cancer patients...
...suspect that approaches based on this model would be much less toxic than chemotherapy," Cantor says...
However, there is at least one thing they've got--both secrete their own form of osteopontin, Cantor says...
...fact, Cantor says he only began to look at the role osteopontin plays with cancer cells through dedicated research of T-cells. Years ago, Cantor found that osteopontin that was secreted by immune cells travels to infected areas. Once there, osteopontin attracts white blood cells which ingest harmful bacteria and viruses...