UT Southwestern scientists identify possible therapy target for aggressive cancer
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 12:42
in Health & Medicine
UT Southwestern Medical Centre researchers have found that a naturally occurring protein - transforming growth factor beta1 (TGF-beta1) - which normally suppresses the growth of cancer cells, causes a rebound effect after a prolonged exposure. Cancer cells go into overdrive and become even more aggressive and likely to spread, the researchers report...