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Map of protein systems reveals new targets for cancer treatment

Thu Dec 9, 2021
A branching network of protein systems
Krogan Lab

A birds-eye depiction of the findings from the Quantitative Biosciences Institute’s recent work on cancer. Each node represents a protein system and darker-colored nodes are more likely to be involved in cancer.

Scientists at the UCSF Quantitative Biosciences institute developed a new approach for understanding cancer and applied it to breast cancer and cancers of the neck and head