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carcinogenesis
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Large-scale whole genome sequencing identifies six new cancer susceptibility/ resistance genes
Six previously unreported genes have been revealed to harbour rare germline mutations that associate with cancer risk. The study, published in Nature Genetics, 29 October, identified 34 genes associated with cancer risk, including four novel genes associated with increased cancer…
Nobel Prize for medicine awarded for discovery of microRNAs, which play key role in cancer development
The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, announced on Monday 7 October, has been awarded jointly to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for discovering microRNAs and their role in post-transcriptional gene regulation. The work by Ambros, now at the…