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Yong Loo Lin
School of Medicine

Suppressing breast cancer aggression

Published: 16 Nov 2016

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NUS Medicine scientists recently found that breast cancer tumours could potentially be suppressed through a molecular “switch”. The team discovered that increased expression of Manganese Superoxide Dismutase (MnSOD), a major antioxidant protein, would cause the localised tumour to become aggressive and spread to neighbouring organs. Through this discovery, the team aims to suppress breast cancer by targeting MnSOD and to selectively kill cancer cells.

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