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Cancer Cells Hibernate Like Bears to Evade Harsh Chemotherapy – Newswise
Princess Margaret Scientist Dr. Catherine O’Brien and team discovered that cancer cells hijack an evolutionary conserved program to survive chemotherapy. Fur
Newswise — Tapping into an ancient evolutionary survival mechanism, cancer cells enter into a sluggish, slow-dividing state to survive the harsh environment created by chemotherapy or other targeted agents.
In research published January 7, 2020 in Cell, Princess Margaret Scientist Dr. Catherine O’Brien and team discovered that when under threat, all cancer cells – rather than just a subset – have the ability to transition into this protective state, where the cells “rest” until the threat, or chemotherapy,…
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