Oncogene

Oncology & Cancer

Cartilage protein may contribute to the development of breast cancer

Research from Lund University in Sweden shows that the protein COMP, which mainly exists in cartilage, can also be found in breast cancer tumours in patients with a poor prognosis. Studies on mice also showed that COMP contributed ...

Medical research

New study explains how inflammation causes gastric cancer

In 1982, researchers reported a link between chronic gastritis and stomach bacterium Helicobacter pylori, triggering a flurry of research into this newly identified pathogen. These studies made it clear that in addition to ...

Oncology & Cancer

Identified an 'alarm clock' of a leukemia-causing oncogene

In the last thirty years it has been described in the field of oncology a large number of mutations in genes involved in multiple cellular pathways. The current ability to sequence all the genetic material of a tumor implies ...

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