Addgene's Cancer Collection Pages Connect the Research Community
Type
Blog Post
Published
Sept. 6, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
...molecular level, at the cellular level there is a universal theme - uncontrolled cellular proliferation. We ...cancerous cells
Luckily, there are several safety mechanisms in place to protect us from rogue cells when ...process of programmed cell death, or apoptosis, is one such mechanism. When a cell or its genetic material... directly inhibit the ability of a cell to undergo programmed cell death while simultaneously stimulating...eliminate every cancerous cell. Even so, to pose the greatest threat, cancerous cells still need to successfully...universally-dividing behavior of cancer cells, attacking the cellular machinery necessary for division. This...promising results in the laboratory, and Addgene is accelerating this research by helping to make new cancer ...