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Tumor Suppression Gene Discovered
An anonymous reader writes ScieceDaily is reporting that researchers at Ohio State University may have identified a new and unusual tumor suppression gene that could effect cancers of the lung, head, and neck. From the article: "The gene, known as TCF21, is silenced in tumor cells through a chemical change known as DNA methylation, a process that is potentially reversible. The findings might therefore lead to new strategies for the treatment and early detection of lung cancer, a disease that killed an estimated 163,510 Americans in 2005. The study could also lead to a better understanding of the molecular changes that occur in tumor cells during lung-cancer progression."
it'd be even better if it could affect them too.
No reason to stop smoking now. Everyone light up!
Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices. -Theodor Adorno
I for one welcome our new 6-packs-a-day cancerless overlords!
Yeah, it'll be pretty awesome. The lung cancer won't kill you, so you'll be free to fully enjoy the emphysema and heart disease.