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Scientists glue two proteins together, driving cancer cells to self-destruct (med.stanford.edu)

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[–] pancake@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

> be me
> lymphoma cell
> produce lots of protein called Cdk9 that activates genes that make me divide
> cells like me normally die from apoptosis tho (programmed cell death)
> okay then
> also produce lots of protein called Bcl6 that deactivates genes that make me die from apoptosis
> no apoptosis now
> researcher gives drug
> drug glues together my Cdk9 with my Bcl6
> when Bcl6 visits a gene to deactivate it, Cdk9 activates it instead
> apoptosis.jpg

[–] tengkuizdihar@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago

not even going to verify how accurate this is. Thanks