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Scientists are one step closer to stopping drug-resistant tumors from growing
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Scientists are one step closer to stopping drug-resistant tumors from growing

by Heather Simonsen, Huntsman Cancer Institute  Benjamin Myers, PhD in lab. Credit: Huntsman Cancer Institute Scientists have solved a long-standing mystery surrounding a cancer-promoting protein and how it causes tumor growth. The findings are an important step in the quest to make cancer drugs more effective since aggressive tumors often become adept at resisting drugs...

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Using light to treat drug-resistant tumors

A chemist at The University of Texas at Arlington is developing a cancer medication that uses light to target and destroys tumor cells in a process known as photodynamic therapy (PDT). Sherri McFarland, professor of chemistry, and her team of researchers have developed a chemical compound containing the transition metal ruthenium. When ruthenium absorbs light,...