Recent research has shown positive results for drug discovery of new species of frog skin of certain species for a number of chronic diseases and severe.
The results showed a certain frog skin can be beneficial for the treatment of 70 major diseases. So, We must apologize to these findings, the scientists at Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, received awards for their research.
The scientists were awarded to medical discoveries, the Medical Futures Innovation Awards, in London on Monday (06/06/2011).
Research led by Professor Chris Shaw at the College of Pharmacy Queen's were found two types of proteins that can regulate how blood vessels grow.
The research team is the only Northern Ireland team who participated in the race to win the award this year. They found that proteins of certain frog species (frogs from monkey frog species) can inhibit the growth of blood vessels and can be used to kill tumor cells.
Professor Shaw said that most tumor cells can only grow to a certain size before it requires blood vessel cells to grow into a tumor in order to deliver nutrients and oxygen are very important substances.
"Stopping the growth of blood vessels will reduce the likelihood of spread of the tumor and could be going to kill the tumor," he said.
"This has the potential to transform cancer from a deadly disease to become a chronic condition."
A team led by Professor Shaw also found that a giant frog species (firebellied) produce proteins that can stimulate blood vessel growth and can help the healing of wounds and surgery patients more quickly.
"(Findings) has the potential to treat various diseases and conditions that require blood vessels for treatment more quickly, such as treating wounds, organ transplant and the damage caused by stroke or heart disease," said Professor Shaw.
According to these professors, scientists and pharmaceutical companies around the world, although money has been spent to about U.S. $ 5 billion, has not succeeded in developing a potent drug that can hit the blood vessels, control and manage its growth.
"Our efforts aim at Queen's is to open the door of the potential of nature - in this case the substance found in the frog and toad skin - to reduce the suffering of mankind. We believe this natural solution to keep the various problems we face. We need to ask the right questions to find solutions, "said Professor Shaw.
"It would be unfortunate if this nature have something that has the potential to become a potential treatment for cancer and we do not do their best to make it useful," he said.
Responding to the discovery of Professor Shaw and his colleagues, the assessment team member Professor Brian Walker and Dr. Tianbao Chen states want to encourage scientists to bring their findings to the next level.
"It is important to realize that this discovery is still in early stages and much work remains to be done before it reached the stage of clinical medicine," he concluded.
Source : tribunnews.com
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