Protein insights may boost lung cancer detection and treatment



Protein insights may boost lung cancer detection and treatment

Scientists investigating the mechanics of the early stages of lung cancer have identified a new potential treatment, which could also aid early detection of the disease. Levels of a key protein — called TLR2 — in tumors was found to predict a patient’s survival after being diagnosed with lung cancer, a study shows. A drug compound that activates TLR2 was tested in mice and was found to reduce tumor growth in the early stages of the disease.

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