The presence of drug efflux pumps that prevent drug accumulation in chemoresistant cancer cells is a cause of cancer treatment failure. We show that these drug pumps need mitochondrial ATP as fuel and that blocking mitochondrial ATP production with novel MCJ mimetics overcomes cancer chemoresistance

1 of the major un met need for patients with amyloidosis is earlier diagnosis. Currently 30% of patients succumb to the disease within the 1st year following diagnosis. This is because the diagnosis is delayed due to failure recognize.