Antibiotic overuse can lead to antibiotic resistance, but classic antibiotic resistance might not completely explain why antibiotics sometimes fail. Sub-populations of bacteria called persister cells ...

It's the quiet bacteria that you've got to watch out for, the bacteria that can survive antibiotic treatments by forming dormant, drug-tolerant "persisters." These persister bacteria can wake up after ...

A University of Houston engineering professor is examining the life cycle of stubborn, drug-resistant persister cells in recurrent infections to find a way to destroy them. Persister cells are ...

Triple-negative breast cancer is a type in which TNBC, estrogen and progesterone, and the HER2 protein are all absent, and it is notorious as the most aggressive among breast cancers. Chemotherapy ...

BUFFALO, NY- December 13, 2023 – A new editorial paper was published in Oncotarget's Volume 14 on December 1, 2023, entitled, “Therapeutic potentials and challenges of cytostatic persister cancer ...

So-called sleeper cells are never entirely at rest, reported scientists based at Imperial College London (ICL). These cells, which are more properly known as persister cells, not only go (mostly) ...

Impact of a digital education platform to combat global inequity in oncology education amongst healthcare professionals in lower socioeconomic areas. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the ASCO ...

Barcelona, 15 January 2025 - Cancer therapies do not always succeed in eliminating tumour cells. Some of these cells enter a state of senescence—a latent, non-dividing state that is generally ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have identified how some cancer cells cheat treatment-induced cell death. In doing so, they persist and lead to cancer recurrence. The findings may ...