Credit: VAN TINE LAB
A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis describes a potential new therapy for synovial sarcoma, a rare tumor of soft tissues. Shown is a biopsy of a synovial sarcoma tumor from a patient. The staining shows that the tumor is missing an important protein called ME1. The missing protein makes this tumor type susceptible to a specific type of cell death that is triggered by a new drug being developed by a Washington University startup.