Scientists find new supressor gene involved in breast, prostate and other cancers
.BETHESDA, MD -- Scientists at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas have found a novel tumor suppressor gene on human chromosome 7 that appears to be involved in a wide range of cancers. Tumor suppressor genes play a key role in the regulation of cell growth. Scientists have known for about 15 years that when a tumor...Researchers Discover Tumor-Supressor Gene That May Indicate Susceptibility ToLung And Colon Cancer
...DALLAS - Oct. 9, 1998 --- Discovery of a new human tumor-suppressor gene by UT...Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas researchers could dramatically reduce the...number of Americans who die annually from the two most lethal cancers, lung and...colon malignancies. ... ...Defining the PPP2R1B gene in human lung and colon cancer could make it possible...for doctors to accurately predict who has...