Researchers connect haywire protein to breast cancer, leukemia

Thursday, May 7, 2015 - 13:00 in Biology & Nature

The cause of some cancers, including breast cancer and leukemia, is better understood, thanks to recent research. In the new study, the researchers found that too much of a key protein, called cyclin E, slows down DNA replication and introduces potentially harmful cancer-linked mutations when cells divide.

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