Proteins putting up a fight!

  Cancer has become more than a disease in today’s world.  It has become the life taker of innocent people all over the world.  Something has been thrown in that may be a sudden game changer for this life taker.  Researchers have been looking at a group of proteins used in the process of mitosis that can possibly kill cancerous cells; the only predicament is learning how exactly to control them!

  The Journal of Cell Biology published an article explaining this group of proteins and what exactly happens in the process.  This protein, TACC3, forms inter-microtubule links that stabilize the K-fibers used in mitosis.  In mitosis if cells don’t divide equally it can lead to far too many cells and it puts a higher risk in place for more cancerous cells.  When other proteins work with TACC3 it makes this worse, but researches have found that when TACC3 is removed it kills these bad cells.  This killing of a cell isn’t bad because it shuts down mitosis in cells that are no longer dividing.  They have found this to be an important step in getting rid of cancerous cells.

Although this method isn’t a guarantee treatment for cancer, neither are most of the current treatments.  By finding ways to quickly remove these proteins, it is a step in the right direction to finding a cure.  This is important to almost everyone.  Further research will show the overflow of benefits for getting rid of TACC3, which will ultimately result in proteins being the hero of killing the destroyer!

Works Cited

“TACC3 Gene.” – GeneCards. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Sept. 2013.

University of Warwick. “Team of proteins could have implications for fight against cancer.”ScienceDaily, 7 Aug. 2013. Web. 13 Sep. 2013.