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Sure, cancer mutates, but it has other ways to resist treatment

  • Written by Fabian V. Filipp, Assistant Professor of Systems Biology and Cancer Metabolism, University of California, Merced
Sure, cancer mutates, but it has other ways to resist treatmentProfessor Fabian V. Filipp with his team working on precision targeting of malignant melanoma.Systems Biology and Cancer Metabolism Laboratory, CC BY-SA

Because of advances in drug design and precision medicine, researchers have been able to target certain molecules within a cell at the root of a particular disease and to develop specific therapies...

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