Citation: UT Southwestern Medical Center. "Unique peptide has therapeutic potential against cancers, neurological disorders, and infectious diseases." ScienceDaily, 7 Feb. 2013. Web. 14 Feb. 2013. Summary: UT Southwestern Medical Center has synthesized a special peptide that has in test shown the possibility of treating infections, neurodegenerative disorders, and cancer through a process were cells recycle called autophagy. It works because the cells break apart into separate building blocks which are then put together in there original form before the disease of infection changed it. This helps them become healthy again as well as fight the problem.

I think that this could be very useful in the future once we fully test it and make a way to utilize it. There are a lot of thing that we know of that can help prevent cancer and help slow cancer. I feel that every time we find a new way of preventing/slowing cancer we get a step closer to finding and actual cure for it. It is also helpful for older people the natural process of autophagy is disrupted with age. If we can find a way of getting it properly into there systems then there cells may live longer.