Monday, November 4, 2013

Gene Fusion Revealed By Fine Grained Scan of DNA In Lung Cancer Cells

Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/a and the University of Colorado Cancer Center/a report in a new paper in the journal iNature Medicine/i that a fine-grained scan of DNA in lung cancer cells has revealed a gene fusion - a forced merger of two normally separate genes - that spurs the cells to divide rapidly. Treating the cells with a compound that blocks a protein encoded by one of those genes - NTRK1 - caused the cells to die.br / br /The ...

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