Viral mimic induces melanoma cells to digest themselves

Tuesday, August 4, 2009 - 08:07 in Health & Medicine

Recent research has uncovered an unexpected vulnerability in deadly melanoma cells that, when exploited, can cause the cancer cells to turn against themselves. The study, published by Cell Press in the August issue of the journal Cancer Cell, identifies a new target for development of future therapeutics aimed at selectively eliminating this aggressive skin cancer which is characterised by a notoriously high rate of metastasis and treatment-resistance...

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