Professor Andreas Strasser, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (IMAGE)

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute

Professor Andreas Strasser, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute

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The role of a protein called XIAP in the regulation of cell death has been identified by a team led by Professor Andreas Strasser from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. The finding has led the researchers to recommend caution when drugs called IAP inhibitors are used to treat cancer patients with underlying liver conditions.

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Walter and Eliza Hall Institute

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