Could Lupus Antibodies Treat Cancer? (IMAGE)

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Could Lupus Antibodies Treat Cancer?

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This image shows that the antibody (designated 3E10) penetrates into cancer cells and localizes in their nuclei, where it exerts its effects. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the October 24, 2012, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by J.E. Hansen at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn., and colleagues was titled, “Targeting Cancer with a Lupus Autoantibody.”

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