Harnessing the healing power of love

Harnessing the healing power of love

A recent paper by Naderi et al. published in eLife shows that pair bonding in monogamous mice is protective against tumor growth, likely via changes in serum factors and cancer cell transcription. We propose that studying the pathway linking social stimuli to cancer cell gene regulation offers a mea...

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Veröffentlicht in:Trends in molecular medicine 2021-09, Vol.27 (9), p.833-834
Hauptverfasser: Ford, Charles L., Young, Larry J.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animals
cancer
drug discovery
Humans
Love
marital status
Mice
psychosomatic
social bonding
widowhood effect
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Zusammenfassung:A recent paper by Naderi et al. published in eLife shows that pair bonding in monogamous mice is protective against tumor growth, likely via changes in serum factors and cancer cell transcription. We propose that studying the pathway linking social stimuli to cancer cell gene regulation offers a means to identify novel pharmacological targets.
ISSN:1471-4914
1471-499X
DOI:10.1016/j.molmed.2021.07.010