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MARCH 9, 2007
  Penn Study Suggests Test for Tumor Suppressor p53 Is Needed to Prescreen Patients for Blood Cancer Drugs
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Green staining depicts tumor cells dying after treatment with proteasome inhibitors. In the left panel, the tumor lacks p53, and only a fraction of the cells are killed. In the right panel, the tumor produces p53, resulting in massive cell death.

Image Credit: Andrei Thomas-Tikhonenko, PhD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Blood.

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Tumor Cells With and Without p53
 


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