Baylor College of Medicine: Researchers identify an Achilles' heel in neuroblastoma
August 17, 2022
August 17, 2022
HOUSTON, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSjou) -- The Baylor College of Medicine issued the following news:
Neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer that develops from neural cells on the adrenal glands, accounts for 15% of childhood cancer deaths. Almost half of children with high-risk neuroblastoma harbor extra copies of the gene MYCN (MYCN amplified), the primary driver of neuroblastoma and its resistance to therapy.
"Treating neuroblastoma by directly targeting MYCN has been challe . . .
Neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer that develops from neural cells on the adrenal glands, accounts for 15% of childhood cancer deaths. Almost half of children with high-risk neuroblastoma harbor extra copies of the gene MYCN (MYCN amplified), the primary driver of neuroblastoma and its resistance to therapy.
"Treating neuroblastoma by directly targeting MYCN has been challe . . .