Dr. Michael White and Dr. Yu-chen Chien (IMAGE)

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Dr. Michael White and Dr. Yu-chen Chien

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A research team led by Dr. Michael White, associate professor of cell biology, and including Dr. Yu-chen Chien, postdoctoral researcher in cell biology, has discovered that an anti-viral molecule, called TBK-1, that cells normally use to fight viruses is also involved in keeping cancer cells alive. Blocking TBK-1 might point to a treatment for fighting cancer.

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