Study: Autophagy predicts which cancer cells live and die when faced with anti-cancer drugs
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - 20:00
in Health & Medicine
When a tumor is treated with an anti-cancer drug, some cells die and, unfortunately, some cells tend to live. A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in the journal Nature Cell Biology details a possible difference between the susceptible and resistant cells: the rate at which cells are able to cleanse themselves via the process known as autophagy.