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Tumor Cells Can't Self-Destruct? Thursday, May 01, 2008 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Cancer Research   
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Tumor cells living in the cross hairs of radiation or chemotherapy may be able to escape death because their self-destruct mechanisms are jammed, say University of Florida scientists writing in a recent issue of Developmental Cell. Scientists studying fruit fly cells discovered that slight changes in the protein scaffolds that support the genes “reaper” and “hid” — aptly named for their roles in triggering cell death — cause the cells to become naturally resistant to X-rays. (source: news.ufl.edu)
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