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The mouse that could save Steve Jobs is a ‘knockout’

Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac“Apple (AAPL) co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs has taken medical leave from the company and speculation has it he is suffering from a pancreatic islet cell neuroendocrine tumor,” Justin Rohrlich reports for Minyanville.

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“According to the National Cancer Institute, neuroendocrine tumors are more easily treated and less aggressive than other pancreatic tumors, but advances in biotechnology could soon make it possible for gene therapy to block the production of certain proteins which are thought to promote their growth,” Rohrlich reports. “While the day-to-day tools that go into making such fantastical ideas a reality may be another day at the office to a researcher, to the average person, the science involved in developing cures seems more akin to science fiction.”

Rohrlich reports, “Today’s ‘lab rat’ is a technological marvel — and also happens to be, in most instances, what is called a ‘knockout mouse.'”

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