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Breakthrough study highlights unique discovery of hormone causing breast cancer – Hindustan Times
Breakthrough study uncovers potential treatment of breast cancer through targeted drugs after discovering the hormone that directly drives breast cancer.
A recent study led by researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Massey Cancer Center found strong evidence that prolactin, a hormone responsible for breast growth and production of milk during pregnancy acts as a major contributor to breast cancer development and that the hormone could inform the creation of targeted drugs to treat multiple forms of the disease.
Hormones have proteins on their cell surface called receptors that receive and send biological messages and regulate cell…
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