Brothers-in-arms: How P53 and telomeres work together to stave off cancer
Friday, January 15, 2016 - 18:52
in Health & Medicine
When it comes to genes associated with cancer, none have been studied more extensively than p53, a tumor suppressor gene that serves as the guardian of our genetic information. More than half of all cancers have mutations of p53, meaning that this particular gene must often be suppressed in order for a cancer to grow and spread.