New understanding of how to prevent destruction of a tumor suppressor
Monday, December 7, 2009 - 14:14
in Health & Medicine
Researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine and colleagues at the University of Texas Southwestern and Case Western University have determined how the protein Mdm2, which is elevated in late-stage cancers, disables genes that suppress the growth of tumors. The finding may lead to the development of new drugs for late stage breast cancer and other difficult to treat malignancies.