New strategy directly activates cellular 'death protein'
Researchers at Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center have devised a strategy to directly activate a natural "death" protein, triggering the self-destruction of cells. They say the development could represent a new paradigm for designing cancer drugs....
Source: PhysOrg - Thursday, 31 May, 2012
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