Researchers in bowel cancer discovery

Scientists have discovered how genes cause bowel cancer cells to become resistant to treatments used against the disease, according to a new report. Researchers at Queen’s University in Belfast have said they have made a “significant breakthrough” in the potential treatment of bowel cancer. Their results have been published in the journal Cell Reports.Dr Sandra van Schaeybroeck and her team discovered how two genes cause bowel cancer cells to become resistant to treatments used to fight the disease. The activity of the two genes, called MEK and MET, was uncovered when researchers at Queen’s looked at all the different pathways and