Protein compels ovarian cancer cells to cannibalize themselves
Monday, November 17, 2008 - 17:21
in Biology & Nature
A protein known to inhibit the growth of ovarian cancer works in part by forcing cancer cells to eat themselves until they die, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report in the Nov. 15 issue of Cancer Research.
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