Blocking cancer in its path: New cellular defect discovered

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Mon, 03/15/2010 - 22:00

(University of California - San Francisco) UCSF researchers have discovered that a key cellular defect that disturbs the production of proteins in human cells can lead to cancer susceptibility.

The scientists also found that a new generation of inhibitory drugs offers promise in correcting this defect.


 

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