"James Michael Howard" <jmhoward at arkansas.net> wrote in message
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| Well, I should have been more specific. I suggest
| these receptors are probably more closely associated
| with cells that are more "embryonic," that is, less
| differentiated. Cancer cells are more like this, so
| receptors of this type may be expressed in them.
[...]
It wasn't only receptors, and it was cancer-specific:
Quoting from the abstract:
"Radioimmunoassays revealed the presence of beta-endorphin and
methionine-enkephalin in these tumors. [...] These results suggest
that opioid receptors and
endogenous opioids are fundamental features of human and animal
cancers."
The opiates are in-there.
K. P. Collins
--
"Schmitd! Schmitd! Ve vill build a Shapel!"
