Study: Autophagy predicts which cancer cells live, die when faced with anti-cancer drugs

Saturday, January 11, 2014 - 19:00 in Health & Medicine

When a tumor is treated with an anti-cancer drug, some cells die and, unfortunately, some cells tend to live. A study now 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.

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