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...Folkman began to consider the possibility of using angiostatin and endostatin together in 1996 as a first-stage therapy to eliminate cancer tumors...
Unlike other drugs, the proteins do not cause the tumors to develop resistance since the proteins are found naturally in the regulatory system. Because of this, the proteins are some of the most powerful anticancer drugs in existence, Folkman said...
...When Folkman proposed the idea that tumor growth depends on a close presence of blood vessels in 1971, few medical experts took him seriously. Now, Folkman's research is on the forefront of establishing effective anti-cancer drugs...
...Folkman said his entire career has been dedicated to the study of growth of blood vessels...
...angiogenic, the tumors become very dangerous and potentially lethal [and grow aggressively,]" Folkman said. "The proteins which the tumor cells deploy to recruit the vascular endothelial cells began to be identified 12 years...