Oncogene news from around the world
The promise of personalised medicine is not for everyone
Daniel R. Weinberger, Johns Hopkins University Could your medical treatment one day be tailored to…
Browsing: Genetics
Paper identifies genes associated with risk for aggressive breast cancer
A new study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute has identified specific genes associated…
Increased risk of myeloid blood cancers in relatives of patients
The largest ever study of its type is the first to definitively show an increased…
Is your lung cancer really ROS1-negative?
Drugs like crizotinib are used to treat patients with ROS1-positive lung cancer. But which patients…
DNA repair after CRISPR cutting not at all what people thought
Despite high hopes and high investment in CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing, scientists still have a lot…
Targeting gene mutations to treat ovarian cancers
New research has shown that ovarian cancer patients with a tumour mutation in the BRAF…
The cause of prostate cancer progression to incurable stage has likely been uncovered
Researchers at the University of Oulu in Finland have discovered novel genes and mechanisms that…
CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing scissors are less accurate than we thought, but there are fixes
Gaetan Burgio, Australian National University CRISPR gene editing technology is revolutionising medicine and biology. This…
Working toward personalised cancer treatment
“We don’t just want to find the genes involved in cancer,” says Prof. Yardena Samuels…
Killer immunotherapy—fighting cancer with genetic engineering
Finding a cure for cancer is no easy feat, but Dr. Misty Jenkins has built…