Substance interfering with the cells handling of protein waste could become new cancer drug

Monday, November 7, 2011 - 10:01 in Health & Medicine

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have identified a new kind of cancer drug that has been shown to be effective against tumours in different experimental systems. An article published in Nature Medicine shows that the new type of drug blocks the machinery that the cell uses to break down defective proteins.

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