Roundworm unlocks pancreatic cancer pathway
Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 12:20
in Health & Medicine
The National Cancer Institute estimates that more than 43,000 Americans were diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year and more than 36,000 died from the disease. Despite advances in genetic science showing that the Ras oncogene is mutated in virtually all pancreatic cancers, scientists have been frustrated by the complexity of the signalling pathways in humans, which make it difficult to pinpoint potential therapeutic targets...