New peptides to fight ovarian cancer drug resistance

Monday, August 1, 2011 - 19:32 in Health & Medicine

Italian and German scientists have designed peptides to target the protein-protein interface of a key enzyme in DNA synthesis crucial for cancer growth. The peptides act by a novel inhibitory mechanism and curb cancer cell growth in drug resistant ovarian cancer cells.

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