Scientists Discover Protein That Can Accelerate Cancer Patients’ Recovery after Radiation and Chemotherapy

October 22, 2014

(Medical Xpress) – Scientists from UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have shown for the first time how a unique protein found in human bone marrow can drive stem cells to repair our blood system after an injury. The groundbreaking findings provide a roadmap that could help scientists make existing radiation and chemotherapy treatments more effective for people with cancer and other blood-related diseases.