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Bby Stephen Beech

A breakthrough in treating an aggressive form of prostate cancer could boost survival rates, according to new research.

Prostate cancer treatment breakthrough could boost survival rates

Positively stained NEPC markers (top) are lost when Sirt1 is silenced (bottom). (Nunes de Almeida et al via SWNS)
Prostate cancer treatment breakthrough could boost survival rates

Tumors surgically removed from Sirt1-silenced mice (bottom) are significantly smaller than tumors removed from mice with wild-type Sirt1 expression. (Nunes de Almeida et al via SWNS)

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