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UNH Researchers Discover New Inhibitor Drug Combination for Rare Form of Cancer

January 14, 2021

DURHAM, N.H.— Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM), a rare form of lymphoma, does not have any known cure and only one FDA-approved treatment making it challenging to treat patients. Researchers at the University of New Hampshire took the novel approach of targeting specific cell proteins that control DNA information using inhibitors, or drugs, that were effective in reducing the growth of the cancer cells and when combined with a third drug were even more successful in killing the WM cancer... - Read Full Article

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