News tagged with human oncogenes

Shutting down DNA construction: How senescence halts growth of potential cancers

Researchers from The Wistar Institute explain a new molecular mechanism behind the phenomenon of oncogene-induced senescence. By depriving the cell of the ability to make new nucleotides—the building blocks ...

Cancer Apr 04, 2013 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Bioelectric signals can be used to detect early cancer

Biologists at Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences have discovered a bioelectric signal that can identify cells that are likely to develop into tumors. The researchers also found that they could lower ...

Medical research Feb 01, 2013 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0 |

Dietary glucose affects the levels of a powerful oncogene in mice

An animal study conducted by researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center raises questions about the consequences of diet—specifically glucose, the plant-based sugar that fuels cell life—on increased ...

Cancer Nov 15, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

New study finds brain tumors can arise from neurons

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from the US and Japan have shown that an aggressive type of brain tumor can arise from normal cells in the central nervous system such as neurons. The cells revert to an earlier, ...

Cancer Oct 19, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 1 |

Researchers find multiple similarities between cancer cells and induced pluripotent stem cells

(Medical Xpress)—UC Davis investigators have found new evidence that a promising type of stem cell now being considered for a variety of disease therapies is very similar to the type of cells that give ...

Medical research Sep 28, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1 |

Breaking oncogene's hold on cancer cell provides new treatment direction

Just as people's bodies and minds can become addicted to substances such as drugs, caffeine, alcohol, their cancers can become addicted to certain genes that insure their continued growth and dominance.

Cancer Dec 08, 2011 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0 |

Cancer cells and stem cells share same origin: study

Oncogenes are generally thought to be genes that, when mutated, change healthy cells into cancerous tumor cells. Scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) have proven that those ...

Cancer Jul 18, 2011 | 5 / 5 (4) | 1 |