Small molecules - large effect: How cancer cells ensure their survival
Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 07:14
in Health & Medicine
A team of researchers headed by Professor Roland Stauber of Mainz University's ENT clinic has identified a molecular mechanism used by cancer cells to 'defend' themselves against chemotherapeutics in an attempt to ensure their own survival. Both the messenger substance nitrogen monoxide (NO) and the protein survivin play a role in this...