Protein 'handbrake' halts leukemia in its tracks
Tuesday, January 19, 2016 - 15:19
in Biology & Nature
Melbourne researchers have showed that they can stop leukemia in its tracks by targeting a protein that puts the handbrake on cancer cell growth.The researchers discovered that targeting a protein called Hhex could cure acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in preclinical disease models, and could be a key target for new therapies for human leukemia.