"It would be a major triumph for basic science if a drug were to come from this, "says MatthewScott, an HHMI cancer genetics expert at Stanford University.
MatthewScott of Stanford and a team at UC, San Francisco, working separately, made a huge connection: Defects in hedgehog or related genes were present in two rare diseases linked to cancers.
However, with one skilful touch Fuller turned Manuel Da Costa, leaving the Portuguese defender on his back, and as Scott Parker and Matthew Upson arrived late on the scene with weak tackles the Jamaica striker calmly drilled the ball home.