Retrotransposons could have a main role in the development of drug resistance in response to cancer treatment, according to a new study out of the Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. The transposition of DNA elements triggers an inflammatory response involved in the survival of cancer cells, a mechanism that could be blocked applying reverse transcriptase inhibitors, a class of drugs better known as anti-HIV medications.
Scientists have discovered an RNA-based mechanism that is involved in core hallmarks of a number of accelerated aging conditions and shown that therapies targeting this RNA reverses some of these hallmarks in human cells and extend life spans in mouse models.
