Czech scientists discover method for curbing the growth of cancer

Czech scientists have discovered a potentially important method for curbing the growth of cancerous tumours. A team at the Institute of Molecular Genetics in Prague found that tumours force surrounding cells to provide them with proteins for their growth; stopping that process could also restrict the growth of the cancer cells. They have now patented their method and hope to find a pharmaceutical company that will invest in the production of a medicine. The method is the second promising result of cancer research in the country in the last year. In 2009 scientists at Prague’s Institute of Microbiology developed a substance that cuts off the access of tumours to a blood supply.