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The childhood nerve cancer neuroblastoma shows weakness

By activating the tumor suppressor p53, a new drug may slow the malignancy, a study in mice shows

By Nathan Seppa

- More than 2 years ago

A compound that unleashes one of the body’s best tumor-suppressing proteins may someday come to the aid of cancer’s littlest victims — children with neuroblastoma. The compound, called nutlin-3, limits the growth of these nervous system tumors in mice, scientists report in the Nov.