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Cancer Therapy
Study may lead to new means of improving existing cancer treatments
December 14th, 2004
Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered a new mechanism of activation of a pathway known to be implicated in many cancers. Additionally, the researchers found that when this mechanism is blocked cells may become more sensitive to radiation and chemotherapeutic agents, thus making them easier to destroy. The research was published in Cancer Cell. The researchers investigated the Wnt pathway, which is known to be integral to regulation of cell differentiation - the process by which a stem cell develops into a specific type of cell. Once differentiated, cell proliferation is limited. When activated the Wnt pathway tells...
Source: cancer weekly (2004-12-14)
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