Rutgers scientist identifies gene responsible for spread of prostate cancer

Thursday, January 17, 2019 - 11:20 in Health & Medicine

A Rutgers study has found that a specific gene in cancerous prostate tumors indicates when patients are at high-risk for the cancer to spread, suggesting that targeting this gene can help patients live longer. The study, which was published in the journal Nature Communications, identified the NSD2 gene through a computer algorithm developed to determine which […]

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