Synthetic Molecule Makes Cancer Cells Commit Suicide
November 14, 2007 | Source: Science Daily
Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have developed a small molecule that can turn the survival signal for a variety of cancer cells into a death signal. The molecule mimics the activity of Smac, a protein that triggers the suicide of some types of cancer cells.
Triggering cancer cells' own suicide bomb. (Sean Petersen, Howard Hughes Medical Institute)