Discovery May Bolster Chemotherapy Potency while Protecting the Heart from Side-Effects (IMAGE)

University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry

Discovery May Bolster Chemotherapy Potency while Protecting the Heart from Side-Effects

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(From left) Researchers Gopinath Sutendra and Bruno Saleme in a lab at the University of Alberta. The two have found a new therapeutic target that could make chemotherapy more effective at treating cancer while blocking its harmful side-effects on the heart.

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Jordan Carson

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