Scientists discover cancer treatment two-and-a-half times more effective when tumors have defective mitochondria
Scientists have made an unusual discovery that could help to identify patients who are up to two-and-a-half times more likely to respond to currently available cancer drugs.
Scientists at the Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in the U.S. have «rewired» the DNA of mitochondria — energy factories found in every living cell. They found that creating mutations in parts of this DNA determines how well cancer will respond to immunotherapy — treatments that harness the body's natural defenses to attack cancer cells.
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