Sentences with phrase «strain on cancer cells»
The demands of rapid cell division put a strain on cancer cells, and the approach works by tipping cell stress over the edge.
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A similar idea involves injecting cancer patients with strains of different bacteria that have been genetically modified to present antigens found on pancreatic cancer cells.
To support their rapid proliferation, cancer cells must synthesize a large number of proteins, putting a strain on the ER to keep up with its heavy workload of properly folding proteins.
A strain of bacteria that commonly lives on the human skin produces 6 - HAP that can kill cancer cells without harming other cells.
«This unique strain of skin bacteria produces a chemical that kills several types of cancer cells but does not appear to be toxic to normal cells,» Richard Gallo, chair of the department of dermatology at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, and an author on the study, said in a statement.