Researchers find how a common genetic mutation makes cancer radiation resistant

Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 05:42 in Health & Medicine

Many cancerous tumours possess a genetic mutation that disables a tumour suppressor called PTEN. Now researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown why inactivation of PTEN allows tumours to resist radiation therapy...

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