Cancer cells enter “zombie-like state” to evade chemotherapy, reveals new research

Senescent cancer cells stained for a Death Receptor protein that is highly upregulated in response to chemotherapeutic treatment. (Seamus Martin / TCD via SWNS)

By Stephen Beech

Cancer cells enter a “zombie-like state” to evade chemotherapy, reveals new research.

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Cancer cells enter “zombie-like state” to evade chemotherapy, reveals new research

Dr. Gokhan Gunayh and Professor Seamus Martin in the lab in Trinity College Dublin. (Seamus Martin / TCD via SWNS)

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