Summary
The United States Food and Drug Administration said the medicine is safe to use.
This could help people with a serious illness called cancer.
Key Points
4 points1
The medicine works by telling cells to destroy harmful proteins.
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It was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration.
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It offers a new way to treat cancer.
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Scientists have been working on this idea for many years.
New Words to Learn
6 wordsprotein
tiny building blocks inside every cell that do important jobs
cell
the smallest part of a living thing
medicine
a special substance that helps treat illness
approval
official permission to use something
cancer
a disease where some cells grow too fast and can hurt the body
Food and Drug Administration
the United States government group that checks if medicines are safe
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