Research identifies how cancer cells cheat death
June 9th, 2011 - 3:55 pm ICT by IANSToronto, June 9 (IANS) Cancer cells survive easily and researchers have now identified how biochemical pathways rewired by cancer cells help them cheat death.
“This work focused on understanding how cancer cells acquire a selective survival advantage, allowing them to avoid apoptosis, the chemically-induced cell death,” says David Litchfield, professor in oncology at the University of Western Ontario, reports the journal Science Signaling.
“Our work also provides encouragement for the development of novel therapeutic approaches that would prevent or neutralize this ‘rewiring’ to make sure that cancer cells respond to treatment,” said Litchfield, according to a Western Ontario release.
The study was funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
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