by Boston University Manish V. Bais, a BU Goldman School of Dental Medicine assistant professor of translational dental medicine, has found the lysine-specific demethylase 1 protein is a potential oral cancer “druggable target,” knowledge that may one day help doctors take down tumors. Credit: Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography The most common head and...
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Blocking a protein could help overcome cancer resistance to PARP inhibitors
by The Francis Crick Institute Micrograph showing a lymph node invaded by ductal breast carcinoma, with extension of the tumour beyond the lymph node. Credit: Nephron/Wikipedia Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have found that blocking a specific protein could increase tumor sensitivity to treatment with PARP inhibitors. Their work published in Science , suggests combining treatments could lead...
Blocking protein restores strength, endurance in old mice, study finds
by Stanford University Medical Center miceCredit: CC0 Public Domain Blocking the activity of a single protein in old mice for one month restores mass and strength to the animals’ withered muscles and helps them run longer on a treadmill, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Conversely, increasing the...