Wednesday 8 October 2014

Intestines of Fruit Flies Reveal Features of Human Intestinal Cancer

In Spain, researchers have determined how a transcription factor known as Mirror regulates tumour-like growth in the intestines of fruit flies. The scientists believe a related system may be at work in humans during the progression of colorectal cancer due to the observation of similar genes and genetic interactions in cultured colorectal cancer cells. The results are reported in the journal iEMBO Reports/i. Colorectal cancer leads to more than ...

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