Mechanical Pressure Accelerates Early Stages Of Colon Cancer
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 - 13:21
in Biology & Nature
Genes are not the be all and end all of carcinogenesis. Scientists have shown that mechanical pressure can alter gene expression, and in particular activate the oncogenes(1) Myc and Twist, which are implicated in the early stages of colon cancer.
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