Researchers create first molecule blocks key component of cancer genes' on-off switch
Friday, September 24, 2010 - 13:28
in Health & Medicine
In the quest to arrest the growth and spread of tumors, there have been many attempts to get cancer genes to ignore their internal instruction manual. In a new study, a team led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists has created the first molecule able to prevent cancer genes from "hearing" those instructions, stifling the cancer process at its root.