What: "The HER2/neu protein is dangerous because it attaches itself to the outside of a cell and can transfer broken signals -- molecule to molecule -- to the nucleus of a cell, not unlike a TV antenna on top of a roof used to transfer signals down through cables into the TV.""Trastuzumab, or Herceptin is like a blanket thrown over the antenna," Slamon said."

Writer: Dr. Dennis Slamon

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Date: Mar 2 2014 8:57 PM