Pancreatic Cancer Target Identified in Normal Stromal Cells

Researchers in the U.S. and Taiwan have found that blocking a protein that is produced by normal stromal cells in the tumor microenvironment can hold back pancreatic cancer growth and metastasis in mice, and could represent a promising target for human drug development. "It looks like this protein might be a druggable target, so we're hoping that with some additional follow-up work, it's something that we'll see go into patients," states Ellen Puré, Ph.D., chair of the department of biome