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A team of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers has discovered large droplets of proteins known as condensates near inactive chromosome regions within the cell nucleus that are a feature of some cancer cells.
Bloomberg School's Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Who
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers, Danfeng Cai, Yiran Wang, Jindayi Liang, Kimberly Lange, Justin Demmerle, Eleanor Liu, Ethan Black, Britney Jiayu He, Christopher Ricketts, Shawn Yoshida, Shasha Chong, W. Marston Linehan, Jennifer Kavran, Chongzhi Zang
What
A team of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health researchers has discovered large droplets of proteins known as condensates near inactive chromosome regions within the cell nucleus that are a feature of some cancer cells.
When
Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:34:00 GMT · 2h 41m ago
Where
Bloomberg School's Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ·
Why
This discovery may hold clues for better anticancer strategies by understanding how cells regulate the supply of the TEAD1 protein.
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How this affects you
The findings suggest a new avenue for cancer research, focusing on the role of condensates in regulating gene-activating proteins like TEAD1. This could lead to a re-evaluation of current cancer therapies that target condensates, as different types of condensates may have distinct functions.
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