Inside Cancer Blog
Jumping Down the Road to Cancer. Lying dormant in our genomes are millions of jumping genes. Originally discovered by Barbara McClintock, transposons are DNA sequences that can move from one location to another in our DNA. Transposons cause mutations when they jump to new locations, so keeping them from jumping is important. However, although transposons are largely silent, every person probably…
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A molecule that suppress liver tumours - Washington, Feb 14 (IANS) A key molecule identified as IQGAP1 can suppress growth of liver tumours by altering the micro-environment against cancer cells, reveals a new finding.
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