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...again in 1984, researchers foundthat the chemical may ward off breast cancer. Morerecent studies have pointed to the molecule'sbeneficial effect on ovarian and lung cancer...
...than others in human cancers. Mutations in the RAS oncogene, for instance, are believed to play a role in a majority of pancreatic and colon cancers, and some lung cancers as well. Mutations in other oncogenes have been linked to leukemia and the most lethal forms of breast and ovarian cancer...
...differ dramatically from colon cancers or leukemias. To look for common weaknesses among different types of cancer, the automation process tests chemical compounds directly against a range of 60 lines of living tumor cells grown in Petri dishes and representing seven leading cancer killers: colon, lung, melanoma, kidney, ovarian, brain and blood...
Half the compounds are manufactured by chemical and pharmaceutical companies; the rest are provided by botanists and ethnobiologists who collect folk medicines and exotic living materials like the bark of the Pacific yew tree, from which scientists extract Taxol, shown to be effective against ovarian cancer cells. The researchers are looking for "natural" cell killers harvested from such remote locations as the Brazilian rain forest and Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Even ground-up seashells, sponges and coral starfish are studied for chemicals that might show some ability to fight cancer...
...safe way to prevent pregnancy. But fears spread in the 1970s, after researchers found that users of the Pill, particularly smokers, were somewhat more vulnerable than other women to heart attacks and strokes. In the '80s the Pill became attractive again after scientists showed that it helps protect against ovarian and endometrial cancer...