Cancer Therapies

Researchers Seek To Block Tumor Growth By Interfering With Polyamines

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 15th, 2002

Researchers have identified in the laboratory a promising new target for cancer chemotherapy that could impact tumor formation and metastasis by inhibiting cell growth.

The study was performed by scientists at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine, in conjunction with colleagues from Lund University in Sweden.

The research team, led by Jeffrey D. Esko, PhD, professor of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and associate director of the UCSD Glycobiology Research and Training Center, reports that tumor growth was blocked in vitro and in laboratory mice by interfering with a cell's ability to supply itself with vital substances...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2002-01-15)

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