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How Targeted Cancer Drugs Disrupt the Cell Cycle

PLOS: DNA Science

Science journalists might better communicate drug mechanisms to consumers. Cancer cells make too much survivin, with levels increasing as the disease spreads and becomes more aggressive. It delayed disease progression and more than doubled survival time, adding 17 months. It’s long been recognized as a drug target.

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