Oncogene news from around the world
Funding cut for high-risk cancer patients’ genetic testing
Source: SMH – Kate Hagan. High-risk cancer patients at a Melbourne hospital are being charged $1000…
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New gene-editing technique allows scientists to more rapidly study the role of mutations in tumour development
Sequencing the genomes of tumour cells has revealed thousands of mutations associated with cancer. One…
Cultured CTCs reveal genetic profile and potential drug susceptibility of breast cancer cells
US scientists have developed an improved method of collecting and growing rogue cancer cells from…
Where DNA’s photocopier pauses, cancer could be next
Each time a human cell divides, it must first make a copy of its 46…
Loss of Y Chromosome Increases Risk for Cancer and Early Death
Source: IFLS – Lisa Winter. Photo: Theis Kofoed Hjorth used via CC BY-SA 4.0 Though overall life…
Revolutionary clinical trial aims to advance lung cancer treatment
Using genetic screening to guide treatment, Cancer Research UK’s Stratified Medicine Programme will help bring…
First genetic link discovered to difficult-to-diagnose breast cancer sub-type
Scientists have identified the first genetic variant specifically associated with the risk of a difficult-to-diagnose…
Gene variant increases risk of colorectal cancer from eating processed meat
A common genetic variant that affects one in three people appears to significantly increase the…
Well-known cancer gene NRAS produces 5 variants, study finds
A new study shows that a gene discovered 30 years ago and now known to…
Father’s age at birth may affect daughter’s cancer risk
Source: City of Hope by Denise Heady. Paternal age and the health effects it has…