31 agosto 2015
Cancer cells survive the stressful environment inside a tumor in part through autophagy, the controlled digestion and recycling of damaged components. However, blocking the process doesn’t kill cancer cells, so researchers have been looking for a way to make cells vulnerable to autophagy shutdown. Researchers now describe a way to force cancer cells to destroy a key metabolic enzyme they need to survive.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150831101507.htm
