First inhibitor for enzyme linked to cancers created

Friday, November 21, 2014 - 14:51 in Health & Medicine

Recent studies showing acid ceramidase (AC) to be upregulated in melanoma, lung and prostate cancers have made the enzyme a desired target for novel synthetic inhibitor compounds. Now scientists describe the very first class of AC inhibitors that may aid in the efficacy of chemotherapies.

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