News From the Lab

With the generous financial support of Tony’s Prostate Cancer Research foundation, the team headed by Dr. Timothy Thompson at MD Anderson has identified a cancer suppressing protein which naturally exists in our bodies, is non-toxic and has shown no signs of causing side-effects in laboratory testing. They labeled it the GLIPR1.

Their extensive laboratory research and animal testing have proven that this protein:

• prevents cancer development in exposed animals
• suppresses cancer growth in infected animals
• and destroys cancerous tumors

Research Scientist Dr. Thompson recently announced that they have been successful in synthesizing the protein and are on track to begin human trials within 12 to 18 months.

There are strong indications that the GLIPR1 protein could lead to major answers for not only prostate cancer, but other cancers as well, since it is present in both men and women.

With the ongoing financial support of Tony’s Prostate Cancer Research foundation, this GLIPR1 research could soon lead to a cure!

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Latest News From the Lab

Tony Masraff was recently honored with an award by M.D. Anderson, specifically recognizing the generous financial support of his foundation and the integral part those funds played in keeping the lab open, and supporting the continuing advancement of the research towards a cure. Most remarkably, during a period when many labs across the country were forced to close due to cutbacks in government funding.

With the financial support of Tony’s Prostate Cancer Research foundation, this and other research could soon lead to a preventive vaccine and a non-invasive cure for prostate cancer.

(Look for the framed tribute to Tony's Prostaet Cancer Research foundation which hangs in the Laboratory)

Next month we’ll report on the significance and impact of the successful synthesis of the GLIPR1 protein in the laboratory. 

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