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."

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Re:DNA methylation reversible?

[qbwiz]

This sounds like a job for Folding@Home....

Re:Cylon blood

[HermanAB]

Ahah - so the Cylons were actually a bunch of medical orderly robots gone wild who decided that the only way to eradicate all disease is to eradicate the human carriers...