Targeting Mitochondria Emerges as Therapeutic Strategy
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- 21 December 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
- Vol. 97 (24) , 1800-1801
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/dji455
Abstract
For most cancer researchers, mitochondria are an afterthought. “I was brought kicking and screaming into mitochondria [research],” said Gerard Evan, Ph.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, at the 2005 annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research. Evan began looking at mitochondria after linking the myc oncogene to apoptosis, or programmed cell death. Others are starting to find their own paths. “All roads lead to the mitochondria,” Evan added.Keywords
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