Pancreatic cancer is particularly aggressive and difficult to treat, partly because it’s often resistant to chemotherapy.
cells more responsive to chemotherapy,” senior researcher Sarah Heilshorn, a professor of materials science and engineering at Stanford University, said in a news release.
“We created a designer matrix that would allow us to test the idea that these cancerous cells might be responding to the chemical signals and mechanical properties in the matrix around them,” Heilshorn said.interacts with cellular tissue through a receptor called CD44. Researchers found they could make tissue softer and more responsive to chemo if they blocked the CD44 receptor.
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