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Blocking ASC gene shown to shrink pancreatic cancer tumors
Original: Researchers have demonstrated that blocking a specific innate immune system gene, which produces the inflammasome adapto
Researchers report that blocking the gene producing ASC, an adaptor protein in the innate immune system's inflammasome, significantly reduces the formation of pancreatic cancer tumors. The finding points to inflammasome signaling as a possible target for new pancreatic cancer treatments, a disease with notoriously poor survival rates. The work is drawing attention in oncology and immunology circles.
Why now: New research suggests a potential therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest cancers.
ASC proteinpancreatic cancerinflammasomeinnate immune system
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