Two research teams have shown how a defective or missing gene may allow some tumors to resist cancer-fighting drugs.

有2个研究团队发现有一种缺陷或缺失时能导致某些肿瘤对抗癌药物产生耐药的基因及其发生机制。

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Anticancer drugs may destroy both the cancer cells and the healthy, infection-fighting cells, thereby decreasing the body's ability to fight infection.

抗癌药物在消灭癌细胞的同时，也可能伤害健康的抗感染细胞，从而降低身体抵御感染的能力。

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The company, which makes Taxol and other cancer-fighting drugs, is also sponsoring an annual cross-country bike relay for cancer survivors, researchers and health professionals.

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Wonders such as mass-produced insulin, cancer-fighting drugs, pest-killing crops and glowing fish--they're simply the result of moving a single gene from one organism to another.

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The recovery of Pfizer, the world's biggest pharmaceutical company, rests largely on how well Nicholson, 53, can get cancer-fighting drugs out of its research labs and into doctors' offices.

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