A group of Portuguese scientists believe they have the answer – their research shows that the parasite's eggs ( from Schistosomiasis) can make human bladder cells behave as cancerous cells. And that key to this – according to the first author of the work Mónica Botelho– are catechol oestrogens, a molecule derived from oestrogen (the sex hormone) that was found by the researchers in the eggs and is known to be highly carcinogenic (causes cancer).
Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-mechanism-parasite-cancer.html#jCp
Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-mechanism-parasite-cancer.html#jCp
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