Tumor Suppression Gene Discovered

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Sunday January 22, 2006 @05:29PM from the come-see-the-violence-inherent-in-the-system dept.

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."

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Fix Lung Cancer? by killeena · 2006-01-22 17:32 · Score: 5, Funny

No reason to stop smoking now. Everyone light up!

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Freedom would be not to choose between black and white but to abjure such prescribed choices. -Theodor Adorno
might as well get it out of the way.... by Anonymous Coward · 2006-01-22 17:47 · Score: 5, Funny

I for one welcome our new 6-packs-a-day cancerless overlords!