A modified protein which can better inhibit cancer growth!

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325222010.htm

Tumors when they grow have different regions which have a variety of blood supply so hypoxia often occurs. On some sites that hypoxia occurs these cells produce Hypoxia inducing factor(HIF) which enables them to continue growing even in less than ideal conditions. Canadian Researchers have learned this protein called Von Hippel Landau inhibits Tumor growth. The problem is it can't inhibit tumor growth in areas with little oxygen.
What these researchers discovered is if they can alter this protein so it works even in hypoxic areas they can have an effective treatment for dealing with these tumor growths. Especially in the kidney where apparently chemotherapy and radiation have a hard time getting rid of them.

This could save a lot of lives. I wish these researchers the best of luck.