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Book Review: P53: The Gene That Cracked the Cancer Code
By Sue Armstrong – The Guardian. Hopes surround the protein that suppresses tumours – but…
Browsing: Genetics
Conventional therapies are less efficient in cancer patients carrying ‘BRCA’ mutations
Prostate cancer patients carrying inherited mutations in the BRCA genes respond less well to conventional…
Scientists uncover DNA ‘blind spots’ that may hide cancer-causing mistakes
Cancer Research UK scientists have found more than 400 ‘blind spots’ in DNA which could…
Australian scientists solve Frankenstein DNA mystery
Scientists from Garvan, the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research and Peter MacCallum…
Scientists challenge the efficacy of folfiri in a colorectal cancer subtype
The current classification system for colorectal cancer, which is based on genetic expression profiles, cannot…
Exceptional Responders
By Richard Saltus – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Finding genetic causes of dramatic cancer drug responses could…
Genomic sequencing more efficient in predicting breast cancer risk than previously thought
Using genomic sequencing data on all currently known genetic alterations in breast cancer, it is…
Human cancer prognosis is related to newly identified immune cell
A newly discovered population of immune cells in tumours is associated with less severe cancer…
Many older people have mutations linked to leukaemia and lymphoma in their blood cells
At least 2 percent of people over age 40 and 5 percent of people over…
Sonic Hedgehog protein causes DNA damage and the development child brain tumours
Scientists at the IRCM and the University of Montreal discovered a mechanism that promotes the…