Pfizer's drug tremelimumab and Bristol-Myers Squibb's ipilimumab are antibodies to a protein called CTLA-4 (cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4) that acts as an emergency brake to prevent killer T cells from attacking healthy tissue.

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Those drugs aim to improve on current treatment regimens based on the immune protein alpha interferon--which often don't work and have an array of nasty side effects.

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It wasn't until 2001 that some experts acknowledged that a low-carb, high-protein diet may have merit.

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Patients whose cancers are churning out the Sparc protein usually have a worse prognosis than those who aren't Sparc-positive, but with Abraxane they may do just as well, Soon-Shiong argues.

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Other researchers had identified several related protein fragments, called beta-amyloids, inside the amyloid plaques, but they didn't know which proteins were the bad ones.

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Other researchers had identified several related protein fragments, called beta-amyloid, inside the amyloid plaques, but they didn't know which proteins were the bad ones.

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While I don't advocate an ultra low-fat diet, because fat has more than double the calories per gram of either protein or carbohydrates, it is the simplest way to cut calories.

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