Posts tagged ‘GI’

Role of Smads and WWP2 in potentially blocking some cancers

January 26th, 2011

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Published by Sally Church on Pharma Strategy Blog

Smads have been cropping up in GI sessions at meetings over the last six months or so. Smads are signal transducers for members of the transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) superfamily, so they occupy a key role in transcription of proteins.

Essentially, the translational research from Soond and Chantry (2011) is suggesting that blocking the WWP2 gene could prevent metastasis, ie cancers from spreading to other organs of the body.

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Icarus Consultants to attend ISGC Meeting in Houston

January 4th, 2011

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Sally Church, PhD will be attending the 6th International Society of Gastroenterological Carcinogenesis (ISGC) meeting in Houston from Thursday 6th to Saturday, 8th January, 2011. Hosted by the MD Anderson Cancer Center, the meeting has an impressive line up of key opinion leaders. Further information can be found on the Pharma Strategy Blog.