Growing up just got more complicated.

Medical College of Georgia researchers are seeking to refine cancer treatment with an anti-inflammatory plant derivative long used in Chinese medicine.

Dissecting how heat shock protein 90 gets steroid receptors into shape to use hormones like estrogen and testosterone could lead to targeted therapies for hormone-driven cancers, such as breast and prostate, that need them as well, Medical College of Georgia researchers say.

By Peh, Wendy Y X Reimhult, Erik; Teh, Huey Fang; Thomsen, Jane S; Su, Xiaodi ABSTRACT Estrogen receptors are ligand-activated transcription factors that regulate gene expression by binding to specific DNA sequences.