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Posted On: November 13th 2007
Posted By: Adam Coozer
Source: Science Daily |
Synthetic Molecule Makes Cancer Cells Commit Suicide
ScienceDaily (Nov. 13, 2007) — Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have developed a small molecule that can turn the survival signal for a variety of cancer cells into a death signal. The molecule mimics the activity of Smac, a protein that triggers the suicide of some types of cancer cells.
The researchers say their findings suggest that Smac-mimetic compounds could be useful as targeted cancer treatments for lung and other cancers. Such therapy may be less toxic to healthy cells than current compounds used in cancer chemotherapy.
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