Potential new treatments for deadly cancer which primarily strikes infants August 18, 2008 Medical News Today, Aug. 18, 2008 UTMB's Dr. Dai H. Chung is quoted in this article about UTMB researchers who believe they have found a weakness in neuroblastoma that could lead to lifesaving therapy. In a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team led by Chung describes cell-culture and animal experiments that demonstrate how shutting down a single biochemical signaling connection dramatically suppresses neuroblastoma tumor formation and slows the cancer's spread. This article also appeared in several other locations, including Science Daily. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080815200208.htm « Back | The Newsroom »