Scientists uncover potential trigger to kill cancer

Monday, May 30, 2016 - 10:40 in Health & Medicine

Melbourne researchers have discovered a new way of triggering cell death, in a finding that could lead to drugs to treat cancer and autoimmune disease. Programmed cell death, also called apoptosis, is a natural process that removes unwanted cells from the body. Failure of apoptosis can allow cancer cells to grow unchecked or immune cells […]

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