Oncology & Cancer

Signaling pathway suppresses brain tumors

Researchers at the University of Basel took a close look at a signaling pathway present in most organisms and found that it suppresses the formation of specific types of brain tumor. Their results have been published by the ...

Oncology & Cancer

Gene pair plays crucial role in colon cancer, research shows

Colon cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide, and researchers are hard at work to understand the disease's complex molecular underpinnings. In a new study out this month in the journal Cell ...

Oncology & Cancer

New gene linked to lung cancer spread and tumor formation

Worldwide, lung cancer causes more deaths than any other cancer. Most frequently, mortality is the result of metastasis—when lung cancer spreads to other parts of the body, such as the brain, bones or liver.

Oncology & Cancer

Study identifies leukemia tumor suppressor

A protein-coding gene called hnRNP K has been identified as a tumor suppressor for acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a finding that could be important for investigating how best to target treatment of a blood cancer striking ...

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