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Research on Hormone Receptors Advances Understanding of Sensitive Cancers

By distorting estrogen receptor shape in two different ways, compounds offer a two-for-one punch to estrogen-sensitive cancer cells. Kendall Nettles, PhD, (center) meets with two students in his lab, Jacqline Njeri (left) and Charles Min (right). Nettles and colleagues designed drug-like molecules that appear to fight estrogen-sensitive breast cancer in…

Two-Pronged Antibodies Draw Immune Killers Directly to Cancer Cells

The structure of the ROR1-binding arm of the bi-specific antibody in complex with ROR1 was determined by X-ray crystallography. Our immune system’s arsenal of defenses usually protects us from cancer. But sometimes, cancer cells overwhelm or evade this elaborate defense system. In a study in PNAS, Immunology…