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12/11/07
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Researchers Unlock Secrets of Anti-Cancer Gene
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Researchers think they have discovered how to boost one of the body's natural cancer fighters.
It might be possible to superpower the gene, known as PTEN, by tinkering with an enzyme that regulates its activity, scientists report in the Jan. 12 issue of Cell. Although they are a long way from developing an actual drug based on the discovery, the ability to manipulate the tumor-suppressor gene is "potentially a real breakthrough," said study author Dr. Pier Paolo Pandolfi, a professor of cancer biology and genetics at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Pandolfi and other researchers at Sloan-Kettering and Columbia University were intrigued by the PTEN gene, which suppresses Read the Complete Article Similar content: Prostate Cancer Gene Also Raises Colon Cancer Risk, in Prostate Cancer Human Genome Yields Up More Secrets, in Arthritis Cancer-Suppressing Gene Tied to Female Fertility, in Leukemia Gene Variant Tied to More Aggressive Prostate Cancer, in Prostate Cancer Gene Discovery Boosts Brain Cancer Research, in Multiple Sclerosis |
