2 molecules may help slow pancreatic cancer growth

Pancreatic cancer cells are remarkably good at growing, but new research suggests that two tiny molecules already present in the body may help slow them down.

Researchers at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) and the College of Education and Human Development found that increasing levels of two microRNAs, known as miR-15a and miR-16, reduced protein synthesis and slowed the growt...