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Old 12-14-2010, 10:00 PM   #1
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Study reports role of cFLIP in breast cancer cells' resistance to TRAIL-induced apopt

Researchers at the Andalusian Institute for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine and the University of Granada found that cFLIP -an inhibitor of death ligand-induced apoptosis- is not only essential in breast tumor cells resistance to TRAIL treatments (a death ligand with a potent therapeutic potential against cancer), but this protein is also key to the survival of such cancer cells.

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