Blocking cellular quality control mechanism gives cancer chemotherapy a boost

Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 10:30 in Health & Medicine

Scientists have found a new way to make chemotherapy more effective against breast cancer cells. They show that blocking a cellular quality control mechanism before administering chemotherapy makes breast cancer cells die faster than when they were exposed to chemotherapy alone. The work is a long way from being applied in people, but it could lead to new treatment strategies for patients in the future.

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