Cancer Weakness Discovered: New Method Pushes Cancer Cells Into Remission

The most successful targets for precision medicine can be found by using algorithms created by University of Michigan researchers. These algorithms successfully identify the weakest targets in ovarian cancer cells--genes these cells depend on to live in the human body. Cancer cells delete DNA when they go to the dark side, so a team of doctors and engineers targeted the'backup plans' that run essential cell functions. Researchers at the University of Michigan and Indiana University have discovered a cancer weakness. They found that the way that tumor cells enable their uncontrolled growth is also a weakness that can be harnessed to treat cancer.