MicroRNAs may become a new class of biomarkers to detect cancer

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - 07:42 in Biology & Nature

Scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre have discovered that microRNAs - molecular workhorses that regulate gene expression - are released by cancer cells and circulate in the blood, which gives them the potential to become a new class of biomarkers to detect cancer at its earliest stages...

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