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Tyk2 protein helps suppress the growt...

Tyk2 protein helps suppress the growth and metastasis of breast tumors
A possible new target for breast cancer therapy comes from the discovery that the Tyk2 protein helps suppress the growth and metastasis of breast tumors, as reported in Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Qifang Zhang and Andrew Larner, Virginia Commonwealth University (R [...]

New Anti-Cancer Agents Show Promise f...

New Anti-Cancer Agents Show Promise for Treating Aggressive Breast Cancers
Some of the most aggressive forms of breast cancer are more vulnerable to chemotherapy when it is combined with a new class of anti-cancer agent, researchers from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have shown. ABT-737 is one of a new class of anti-cancer agents called BH3 mimetics that target and neutralise the so-called Bcl-2 proteins in ca [...]