Target Identification/ Validation News for October 2009

Target Identification/ Validation News Archive

Swine flu might protect against bird flu Swine flu might protect against bird flu

Could exposure to the H1N1 pandemic flu virus protect people from H5N1 bird flu?

Discovery offers hope for new cancer treatments Discovery offers hope for new cancer treatments

Scientists have discovered why a group of cancer drugs are so effective in treating the disease. Although they have been used for many years to treat certain tumours, researchers didn't know how they worked until now.

Wandering breast cancer cells can stay dormant for decades Wandering breast cancer cells can stay dormant for decades

A provocative new theory – that breast cancer cells can self-seed by wandering off around the body and returning to the primary tumour or can stay in the body for several decades after the disease seems to be cured before growing or seeding in other organs – could pave the way for new therapies to destroy the wandering cells that have escaped initial treatment.