Blocking or deleting a protein could help prevent common oral cancers (IMAGE)

Boston University

Blocking or deleting a protein could help prevent common oral cancers

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Manish V. Bais, a BU Goldman School of Dental Medicine assistant professor of translational dental medicine, has found the lysine-specific demethylase 1 protein is a potential oral cancer “druggable target,” knowledge that may one day help doctors take down tumors.

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