Combating cancer-drug resistance: the ceramide connection.

From: Phi Kappa Phi Forum | Date: January 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

The phenomenon of drug and biocide resistance arising in biological systems is widespread. With surprising rapidity, organisms evolve defenses to protect themselves from toxins of all kinds. Increasingly, drug-resistant bacteria and viruses (for example, tuberculosis, Stapbylococcus, HIV), pesticide-resistant insects (lice, mosquitoes), and herbicide-resistant weeds pose a serious and growing threat to human health and the ecosystem. Emerging cases of resistant organisms are everyday news.

However, it surprises people to learn that many forms of cancer are also ...

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