Walensky profiled the apoptotic pathway and the balance between cell survival and cell death.

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But when the protein was attached to the mRNA for the Cox-2 enzyme, cancer cells could no longer make Cox-2, and they died, suggesting it plays a key role in tumour cell survival or death.

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