New Cancer Therapies: Magic Bullets Aimed at the Guardian of the Genome

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New Cancer Therapies: Magic Bullets Aimed at the Guardian of the Genome

<img alt="" src="http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/49/69649-004-BEEB4A75.jpg" width="270" height="162" align="right" />No single chemical capable of curing all types of cancer has been discovered. But drugs targeted specifically at mutated forms of a protein known as p53â€"what some scientists have dubbed "the guardian of the genome"â€"are being tested in patients. And scientists recently identified a new drug target on this molecule, along with a compound that could serve as a lead for the development of a new "magic p53 bullet."

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