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Scientists find new drug that kills liver cancer cells
Drug created by the team mimics body's biological structures and has no significant side effects
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Professor Daniel Tenen and Dr Liu Bee Hui of the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore have designed a molecule to block the interaction between two proteins linked to cancer growth.
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Driving the growth of many cancerous tumours is a protein known as SALL4, which has been classified as an "undruggable target".
But scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Harvard Medical School believe they have found a solution in a new drug.
