Protecting the Intestines from the Ravages of Chemotherapy (4 of 4) (IMAGE)

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Protecting the Intestines from the Ravages of Chemotherapy (4 of 4)

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Chemotherapy (right) damages the intestines, but eliminating or inhibiting a protein called PUMA could help protect the gut.

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B.J. Leibowitz <i>et al., Science Translational Medicine </i>(2018)

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