"Research is turning up lots of possible inroads for combating disease these days, and other research teams had found that p53 was a good prospect for fighting cancer," she said. "With too little p53 protein, people and mice are more likely to develop cancer. But it's not a panacea. Embryonic mice with too much p53 in their systems don't survive ge...

Cancer Research; Researchers curb activity of "watchdog" protein that slows spread of genetically predisposed cancer