Sentences with phrase «resistant dormant cells»
Moreover, these compounds kill so - called MRSA «persister» cells that are drug - resistant dormant cells that are not susceptible to current antibiotic therapies.
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Specifically, they found that chemotherapy alone leads to two types of dormant cancer cells that are not killed outright and become resistant to additional chemotherapy, but when combined with immunotherapy, a majority of dormant cells also is destroyed.
In response, the cells launch into recycling mode by turning on ULK1, which may be one reason why, rather than dying, some cancer cells seem to go into a dormant state and return — often more drug resistant — after treatment stops.