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Researchers have concluded that hormones released during pregnancy are responsible for elevating the level of a particular protein in the body that is known to block the growth of cancer cells. After studying the effects of hormones in rats with a high risk of breast cancer, researchers directly exposed cancer cells to alpha-fetoprotein and discovered the growth of the cancer cells was blocked. Research is ongoing, but the new discovery may be responsible for promising new treatments.1


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    1. Press Association: Pregnancy Protein May Fight Cancer (Nov. 25, 2009)

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