Tuesday, 18 December 2012

BRCA1 Mechanism in Stopping Tumor Cell Growth Identified

Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have discovered how a tumor suppressor gene functions in stopping cancer cell growth. The findings, published online today in iOncogene/i, focus on the gene BRCA1, which is mutated in a majority of families who have hereditary breast and/or ovarian cancers, according to senior author Ronit I. Yarden, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Human Science at the School of Nursing (and) Health Studies. "There ...

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