Monday 20 October 2014

Stop Growth of Tumors With a Gene

The answers to isolating cancerous tumors and finding potential new treatments for a host of cancers could be in the dirt in your backyard. University of Iowa researchers have found a gene in a soil-dwelling amoeba that functions similarly to the main tumor-fighting gene found in humans, called PTEN. When healthy, PTEN suppresses tumor growth in humans. But the gene is prone to mutate, allowing cancerous cells to multiply and form tumors. PTEN mutations ...

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