Gene linked to lung cancer and tumor formation

Wednesday, November 4, 2015 - 10:00 in Health & Medicine

Worldwide, lung cancer causes more deaths than any other cancer. Most frequently, mortality is the result of metastasis — when lung cancer spreads to other parts of the body, such as the brain, bones or liver. In a new study, Northwestern Medicine scientists showed for the first time that the Myosin 9b gene is correlated […]

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