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Suicide molecules kill any cancer cell

19-Oct-2017

Key points from article :

Small RNA molecules can trigger a mechanism forces cells to commit suicide.

Cancer cells never become resistant because multiple genes simultaneously eliminated.

Treatment strongly reduced the tumor growth with no toxicity to the mice.

Many cancers are never really affected by anticancer drugs currently used.

The studies were published in eLife, Oncotarget and Cell Cycle journals.

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Cell Cycle

Scientific journal covering all aspects of cell biology.

eLife Sciences

Non-profit journal publishing work in all areas of biology and medicine

Marcus E. Peter

Professor of Medicine (Hematology and Oncology), Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at Northwestern University.

Northwestern University

Private multidisciplinary research university.

Oncotarget

Bio-medical journal covering research on all aspects of oncology.

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Cancer