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Penn researchers discover how DNA damage turns immune cells against cancer

In In The News by Barbara Jacoby

Source: pennmedicine.org From: news-medical.net Cancer is essentially a disease of the cell replication cycle. The goal of treating the disease is to permanently kill off the cells that replicate with abandon without any molecular brakes. Chemotherapy and radiation cause breaks in DNA, and eventually, death even in these out-of-control cells. Within minutes after being exposed to treatment, cancer cells call …