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Tick saliva could hold cancer cure

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Wednesday, September 09, 2009 3:33:11 PM GMT Sunday, August 30, 2009 9:54:23 PM GMT
SAO PAULO (AFP) - It may be one of nature's repulsive little blood-sucking parasites, but the humble tick could yield a future cure for cancers of the skin, liver and pancreas, Brazilian researchers have discovered. They have identified a protein in the saliva of a common South American tick, Amblyomma cajennense, that apparently reduces and can even eradicate cancerous cells while leaving healthy cells alone. (more)
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tags: cancer-treatment