Unsuccessful Drug Against Anxiety Opens A Novel Gateway For The Treatment Of Cancer
Sunday, September 7, 2008 - 17:21
in Health & Medicine
An unsatisfying drug for anxiety reveals to scientists a promising novel anti-cancer drug target. Cancer cells have multiple ways to avoid apoptosis, programmed cell death the means by which organisms deal with defective cells. One defense is to produce quantities of phosphatic acid, a phospholipid constituent of cellular membranes.