
In potential cancer breakthrough, newly found ‘kill switch’ triggers death of cancer cells: ‘One-two punch'
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In a health breakthrough, scientists at the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center in Sacramento, California, have identified a protein on the CD95 receptor that can “program" cancer dells to die.
A receptor is a protein within a cell that receives and transmits signals. Melissa Rudy is health editor and a member of the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital.
CD95 receptors — also referred to as Fas — have gained the nickname "death receptors" because they send a signal that causes cancer cells to "self-destruct," according to a press release from UC Davis.
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