Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Gene signature for cancer stem cells may provide drug targets

Source: Baylor College of Medicine
Date: August 4, 2009

Summary:

A subset of tumor cells that remain after a woman with breast cancer undergoes treatment with either anti-cancer or anti-hormone therapy shows a "gene signature" that could be used to define targets for developing new drugs against the disease, said a consortium of researchers led by Baylor College of Medicine. The report appears in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.