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Many anticancer drugs have serious side-effects in clinical practice. Kinesin inhibitors block kinesin motor proteins required for cancer cell division, and are promising anticancer drug candidates with minimal side-effects. However, their association with kinesin proteins remains unclear.  Researchers from Japan have addressed this by solving the crystal structure of the complex formed by the kinesin […]

Malignant melanoma is a relatively aggressive type of skin cancer. When detected early, it is usually treatable by surgical resection only, but metastases develop, often spreading to distant areas.  Currently, tumor thickness and the presence of ulceration are some of the known prognostic factors used as indicators of melanoma. Therefore, the discovery of markers to […]