Discover allied cancer protein

• May 2, 2024

In the University of Cambridge They discovered why the failure of cancer treatments.

The guilty , discovered by scientists, It is a cell that, literally, sabotages the defenses of the human body . It prevents treatments, therapies and vaccines from ending cancer.

Stromal cells are found in most types of cancer. defend tumors of the immunological attacks of the organism.

Experts from the University of Cambridge discovered that stromal cells generate a protein known as "Fibroblast activating protein (or FAP)" , which is in charge of defending the malignant tumors .

The scientists discovered this phenomenon thanks to their work with mice, who destroyed the stromal cells to check the effectiveness of the treatment.

Professor Douglas Fearon, of the Department of Medicine of the University of Cambridge, commented that this discovery represents an important step to destroy, little by little cancer.