New study shows promise for preventing therapy resistance in tumor cells

Thursday, January 9, 2014 - 22:00 in Health & Medicine

A new study suggests that activating the tumor suppressor p53 in normal cells causes them to secrete Par-4, another potent tumor suppressor protein that induces cell death in cancer cells. This finding may help researchers decipher how to inhibit the growth of tumors that have become resistant to other treatments.

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