Cancer Weakness Discovered: New Method Pushes Cancer Cells into Remission
3rd December 2022
Cancer cells delete DNA when they go to the dark side, so a team of doctors and engineers targeted the ‘backup plans’ that run essential cell functions.
Researchers at the University of Michigan and Indiana University have discovered a cancer weakness. They found that the way that tumor cells enable their uncontrolled growth is also a weakness that can be harnessed to treat cancer.
Their machine-learning algorithm can identify backup genes that only tumor cells use, allowing drugs to precisely target cancer.