Target Identification/ Validation News for August 2012

Scientists use worms to unearth cancer drug targets Scientists use worms to unearth cancer drug targets

Through novel experiments involving small nematode worms, scientists from University of Wyoming have discovered several genes that may be potential targets for drug development in the ongoing war against cancer. Specifically, researchers hypothesize that inhibiting these genes could reverse certain key traits associated with cancer cells. This discovery is published in the August 2012 issue of the Genetics Society of America’s journal Genetics.
10 August, 2012