UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – SANTA BARBARA IMAGE: A PAIR OF DNMT3A ENZYMES JOIN TWO AUXILIARY PROTEINS (GREEN) TO FORM A FOUR-PART COMPLEX THAT TRAVELS ALONG DNA ADDING CHEMICAL TAGS THAT TELL A CELL WHICH GENES TO EXPRESS. CREDIT: JONATHAN SANDOVAL ET AL. Chemotherapy sucks. The treatments generally have awful side effects, and it’s no secret...
by Emily Caldwell, The Ohio State University This figure shows that chemotherapy treatment to combat cancer paradoxically alters the blood vessel wall to allow circulating cancer cells to adhere, thus increasing their ability to spread to distant sites. Credit: Justin Middleton, BioRender.com software A new study adds to the evidence that chemotherapy enhances cancer’s spread beyond...
