Genome-wide scan maps mutations in deadly lung cancers; reveals embryonic gene link

Wednesday, September 5, 2012 - 14:30 in Biology & Nature

Scientists have completed a comprehensive map of genetic mutations linked to an aggressive and lethal type of lung cancer. Among the errors found in small cell lung cancers, scientists found an alteration in a gene called SOX2 associated with early embryonic development.

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