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Drug Compound Targets Weakness in Advanced Prostate Cancer – Technology Networks

A new study reports that prostate cancer cells with a deletion of the SUCLA2 gene can be therapeutically targeted using the compound thymoquinone.

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The compound thymoquinone (TQ) selectively kills prostate cancer cells at advanced stages, according to a new study published in Oncogene. Led by researchers at Kanazawa University, the study reports that prostate cancer cells with a deletion of the SUCLA2 gene can be therapeutically targeted. SUCLA2-deficient prostate cancers represent a significant fraction of those resistant to hormone therapy or metastatic, and a new therapeutic option for this disease would have immense benefits for patient…

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