Many cancer-driving mutations disable a key checkpoint in the cell’s cycle between growth and division, resulting in unchecked activity of the E2F family of transcription factor proteins. A set of ...
Researchers in the lab of Jean Cook, Ph.D., chair and professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, have identified the cellular processes that occur when you take a cancer drug meant to ...
Checkpoint inhibitors are antibody-based cancer therapies that unlock the immune system’s natural ability to fight cancer. These treatments work by blocking special proteins called immune checkpoints, ...