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Bacterial Protein Kills Tumors: New Weapon In The Fight Against Cancer'” My research article comes from www.sciencedaily.com published October 28, 2002. This is an abstract from an article published by the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) in the October 29 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. This is the result of a preliminary three-year study on the use of live bacteria to treat cancer. Www.sciencedaily stated that live bacteria have been used to treat cancer has been researched for a hundred years, however, in the past this treatment has caused toxicity and even death. (Science Daily, 2002) Recently researchers at UIC have been able to isolate a specific protein secreted by bacteria that destroys cancer cells, with no apparent ill side effects. They have tested mice that have been implanted with human Melanomas. They have found that the protein shrank the Melanomas but did not cause any of the ill side effects such as death as in past studies. (Science Daily, 2002) This protein is called Azurin, which is used every day as cells generate energy. Azurin was produced from the growth of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa. These bacteria have been found to be resistant to antibiotic treatments and it causes cancer, protein, p53, daily, azurin, 2002, science, been, bacteria, uic, mice, gene, side, melanomas, ill, growth, effects, death, cells, cell, treatments, treat, toxicity, surgical, suppresses, study, shrank, researchers, research, published, proteins, preliminary, past, october, new