Butterstein publishes paper

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George Butterstein, the Florence B. Sherwood Professor of Biology, has published a paper with Gerald Mizejewski of the Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health.

"Survey of Functional Activities of Alpha-Fetoprotein Derived Growth Inhibiting Peptides: Review and Prospects" appeared in Current Protein and Peptide Science in February.

In the clinical laboratory, AFP has been used as a tumor and gestational age-dependent fetal defect marker, with dual use as a screening agent for neural tube defects and aneuploides and as a serum tumor marker for liver, yolk sac and germ cell cancers.