Posted on 08 September 2011. Tags: Cancer Cells, Cancer Drug, Circuits, Colleagues, Dana Farber Cancer, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Dodge, Farber Cancer Institute, medicine, Potency, resistance, science, Scientists, Translational Medicine
Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and colleagues overseas have discovered a pair of backup circuits in cancer cells that enable the cells to dodge the effect of a widely used cancer drug. Jamming those circuits with targeted therapies may heighten or restore the drug's potency, according to a study published in the Sept. 7 issue of Science Translational Medicine...
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