If you could introduce that gene you'd make the chemical, in this case it's a protein called vascular endothelial growth factor.

通过导入一种生成特殊化学物质的基因,这种疗法中指的是一种蛋白,叫做血管内皮生长因子

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If a tumor starts to grow and it doesn't develop a vascular supply it doesn't develop blood vessels in it, then it can't get bigger than a certain size and there's lots of evidence from many cancers showing that this is true.

如果肿瘤生长时,没有形成新的血管以维持供血,肿瘤内部也没有血管的话,它的大小将非常有限,这一结论已有许多科学成果可以证明

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