Dormant cancer cells rely on cellular self-cannibalization to survive

Wednesday, January 7, 2009 - 06:42 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have found that expression of a gene called ARHI acts as a switch for autophagy, or self-cannibalization, in ovarian cancer cells. Often a mechanism for cancer cell death, in this case "self-eating" acts as a survival mechanism for dormant cancer cells. read more

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