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Article: Scientists Find Second Way to Kill Cancer Cells; Discovery Opens Possibilities for New Drug Therapies; New Study Shows Aklylating DNA Damage Stimulates Regulated Necrotic Cell Death.
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- May 13, 2004
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Byline: University of Pennsylvania Health System
PHILADELPHIA, May 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Researchers at the Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute at the University of Pennsylvania have found a second way by which chemotherapeutic agents can kill cancer cells. The finding - which will appear online and ahead of print in the June 1st edition of the journal Genes & Development - represents an important advance in understanding how and why some cancer cells die and others do not in response to existing chemotherapy. The results suggest the possibility that targeted therapies can be developed which will force cancer cells to die before they ...