CSHL study shows that some malignant tumours can be shut down after all
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 - 11:14
in Health & Medicine
Oncologists have had their hands tied because more than half of all human cancers have mutations that disable a protein called p53. As a critical anti-cancer watchdog, p53 masterminds several cancer-fighting operations within cells. When cells lose p53, tumours grow aggressively and often cannot be treated...