How do cancer cells 'learn' to resist treatment?

MedicalXpress | 四月 15, 2026

Researchers at NYU Langone Health propose a model that could explain how cancer cells adapt to environmental stress, an approach that may lead to new therapies. Published online April 15 as the cover story of the journal Nature, the perspective article centers on a family of proteins called AP-1, which are quickly activated in cells in response to stressful situations—like being exposed to chemotherapy.