Texan research indicates possible new treatment pathway for cancer

18 April 2019
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In Houston, Texas, scientists at the MD Anderson Cancer Center say they have discovered a new vulnerability in and potential treatment pathway for triple negative breast cancers (TNBC).

The researchers created mouse models, known as patient-derived xenografts, to conduct the study, details of which were published on Wednesday in Science Translational Medicine.

They found that cells can develop resistance to chemo by “transiently turning on molecular pathways that protect the cells,” a key finding that could be used to develop new therapies.

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