Pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive cancers and has one of the lowest survival rates-only 10% after five years.

A study demonstrates the role of the Galectin-1 protein in the nucleus of the cells surrounding the tumor -- fibroblasts -- contributing to their activation. Activated fibroblasts promote tumor growth ...

Dr. Gabriel Rabinovich, one of the collaborating scientists, added that targeting Galectin-1—both inside and outside ...

Nuclei house most of a cell’s genetic information – much of it in the form of DNA – making a nucleus a sort of blueprint for building ... is the fuel for many cellular processes. A mouse fibroblast ...

as well as with fibroblast cells from patients. The results revealed that CBD acts at many levels within the cell, including activating a protein inside the cell nucleus known as PPARγ.