Cancer-driving protein MYC (IMAGE)

Oregon Health & Science University

Cancer-driving protein MYC

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Rosalie Sears, Ph.D., is senior author of a new study published in Genes & Development. Her team at OHSU found that the cancer-driving protein MYC also helps damaged tumor cells survive treatment by repairing their DNA — a discovery that could lead to new strategies to make chemotherapy and other DNA-damaging therapies more effective. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)

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