Molecular On-off Switches for Cancer and Autoimmunity Defined
Thursday, September 30, 2010 - 10:21
in Health & Medicine
A new report offers hope in the search for new cancer drugs. By examining the seemingly conflicting roles of how oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes handle cellular stress, scientists argue that these opposing systems could be potent cancer drug targets. In addition, their hypothesis provides new insights into what contributes to immunological disorders such as chronic inflammation and autoimmune diseases.