Cell-Death Safety Net a Potential New Cancer Target

<p>In the rare event that an elevator cable breaks, modern&#160;buildings&#160;have&#160;additional&#160;fail-safe mechanisms. For example,&#160;counterweight&#160;and mechanical brakes&#160;prevent the car from plummeting to the ground.&#160;&#160; Similarly, cells have fail-safe mechanisms to prevent them from death under stress, according to new research from the lab of Dana-Farber investigator Loren Walensky, MD, PhD. A well-known process in cells keeps pro-death proteins at bay. Walensky ...…