Wright State professor makes breast cancer treatment discovery

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A Wright State University professor says he has discovered a way to slow tumor growth in patients suffering from breast cancer.

Julian Gomez-Cambronero, a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Wright State’s Boonshoft School of Medicine, said his team found a protein responsible for the development of breast cancer tumors, as well as the spread of those tumors.

By introducing chemical inhibitors to the protein, called Phospholipase D or PLD, the team says it has shrunk tumor growth and rate of spread by 70 percent.

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