New Cancer-causing Gene In Many Colon Cancers Identified

Sunday, September 14, 2008 - 18:21 in Health & Medicine

Demonstrating that despite the large number of cancer-causing genes already identified, many more remain to be found, scientists have linked a previously unsuspected gene, CDK8, to colon cancer. CDK8 influences transcription factors, making it an attractive target for drug therapies, as affecting the gene may potentially disrupt the cancer process and disable tumor cells.

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