'Synthetic lethality' strategy improves molecularly targeted cancer therapy

Molecularly targeted therapies can reduce tumors rapidly. However, not all tumors respond to the drugs, and even those that do often develop resistance over time. Looking for a way to combat the problem of resistance, researchers hypothesized that hitting already weakened cancer cells with a second targeted agent could kill them -- but only if it was the right second agent.

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