Gene fusions may be the 'smoking gun' in prostate cancer development

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 13:31 in Health & Medicine

Prostate cancer treatments that target the hormone androgen and its receptor may be going after the wrong source, according to a new study. Researchers have found that when two genes fuse together to cause prostate cancer, it blocks the receptor for the hormone androgen, preventing prostate cells from developing normally.

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