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PostPosted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 11:00 pm    Post subject: Cancer drug target Chk1 may also be source of drug resistan Reply with quote

A study published by The Burnham Institute in the September edition of <i>Molecular Cell</i> reports that a cell-cycle checkpoint protein, known to be activated by an important class of anticancer drugs, may play crucial roles in both the hampering of therapeutic actions and aiding cancer cells to "recover" and start dividing again after treatment with these drugs. The study is expected to help academic researchers and biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies design drugs that combat cancer using this checkpoint protein, but with fewer side effects.

[url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-09/bi-cdt090105.php]Read more...[/url]
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