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Cancer treatment breakthroughs illustrated as pathways toward a brighter future, featuring AI drug discovery, targeted therapies and immunotherapy.  Copy alt text

🧬 Cancer Treatment Breakthroughs: How AI & New Therapies Are Changing the Fight

Cancer research is entering an extraordinary new era. From protein degraders and smarter antibody-drug conjugates to therapeutic vaccines and AI-assisted discovery, scientists are opening new ways to fight cancer—and giving humanity fresh reasons for hope.

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Illustration of a cancer cell appearing to die on one side while regenerating on the other, symbolizing “persister” cells that survive therapy by activating a sublethal death signal (DFFB).

🧬 The “Persister” Protocol: How Cancer Cells Play Dead to Survive Therapy

Cancer cells have a new trick: they fake death to survive therapy. A UC San Diego study shows how “persister” cells use a faint death signal to reboot—and why blocking it could change how we prevent relapse.

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