A family of proteins is yielding new information about how it contributes to the development of gastrointestinal disease and cancer. A team of UNC scientists reports that in pre-clinical models, the absence of a protein called ...
Apr 18, 2012
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Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified more than 150 genetic variations associated with increased risk for breast cancer. Most of these variants are not located in protein-coding gene regions but are assumed ...
May 4, 2018
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A new study among more than 1000 colorectal cancer patients at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has revealed that a surprising number of patients, about 10% in total, show mutations in genes thought to increase the susceptibility ...
Jan 30, 2017
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Recently, a research group from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and The Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University dissected, for the first time, the somatic mutation profile ...
May 4, 2023
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the second most common cancer-causing virus, accounting for 690,000 cervical and other cancers each year worldwide. While the immune system usually clears HPV infections, those that persist can ...
Apr 11, 2024
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A new breast cancer risk gene has been discovered which explains the early-onset breast cancer in some multiple-case breast cancer families.
Oct 24, 2013
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Mutations in a gene called XRCC2 cause increased breast cancer risk, according to a study published today in the American Journal of Human Genetics. The study looked at families that have a history of the disease but do not ...
Mar 29, 2012
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Choosing the best treatment for a cancer patient is often an inexact science. Drugs that work well for some patients may not help others, and tumors that are initially susceptible to a drug can later become resistant.
Oct 10, 2016
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Running large, multi-gene sequencing panels to assess cancer risk is a growing trend in medicine as the price of the technology declines and more precise approaches to cancer care gain steam. The tests are particularly common ...
May 5, 2016
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(Medical Xpress)—Why do many heavy smokers evade lung cancer while others who have never lit up die of the disease? The question has vexed scientists for decades.
Sep 21, 2012
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