Researchers discover Achilles' heel in lethal form of prostate cancer

Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 04:01 in Health & Medicine

An international team of researchers led by clinicians at Weill Cornell Medical College have discovered a genetic Achilles' heel in an aggressive type of prostate cancer -- a vulnerability they say can be attacked by a targeted drug that is already in clinical trials to treat other types of cancers.

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