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Gene fusion 'could trigger cancer'
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by LotusFlower | January 11, 2009 at 04:39 pm
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Prostate cancer afflicts thousands upon thousands of men each year and any new reseaxrch that offers hope of better treatment is welcomed.
Researchers in the US have identified packages of DNA that fuse together and appear to trigger prostate cancer.
This discovery holds hope for better treatment of this diseaes that some feel has lacked the research impetus given to some other cancers.
Genes that fuse together may be one of the triggers of prostate cancer, scientists have said.
Researchers in the US identified several gene fusions in prostate cancer cells. They occur when chromosomes, the packages of DNA that contain genes, swap places with each other.
The abnormalities, seen in the laboratory, occurred only in cancer cells and not in normal cells.
Scientists believe they could potentially serve as a diagnostic marker, or offer new targets for drug development.
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at 22:03 on January 11th, 2009
A new system that helps cells stave off the ravages of time has been discovered by scientists. The find may help explain how some cancer cells live forever - and provide a new route of attack for up to one in 10 tumours, they say.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn4947-secret-of-eternal-life-may-give-cancer-cure.html
at 11:39 on January 12th, 2009
Thank you for the link. Very interesting.