Study: mutation could be diagnosed by PROTEIN called P53
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During the lifetime of a cell, its DNA suffers constant damage through both normal metabolic activities and environmental factors like smoking or radiation.
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French and American scientists said Wednesday they have identified a "Jekyll and Hyde" type of cancer gene that could lead to better ways to diagnose and treat the disease.
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Scientists have taken a key step toward revealing the causes of prostate cancer, finding that a combination of five gene variants dramatically raises the risk of the disease
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Certain genes are known to promote cancer, and one such &quot;oncogene&quot; called MYC is commonly activated in liver tumors. Researchers in California have now shown, in
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A protein essential to the growth of melanoma has been identified, providing a target for halting the deadly skin cancer. American researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children&#39;s Hospital Boston
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Researchers have discovered a genetic mutation that causes an aggressive form of childhood leukemia and said on Thursday it may mean that drugs being developed for Alzheimer&#39;s disease could also provide a better treatment for
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Experts find a single gene mutation which could be responsible for up to 5% of Parkinson's disease.
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A gene that helps cells keep their shape also causes pancreatic cancer when mutated and it might provide clues to what causes the lethal disease and how it spreads so fast, researchers said on Monday.
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San Diego scientists have identified a protein in embryonic stem cells that helps weed out mutations as the cells proliferate. Its action may protect a developing embryo from DNA damage that could lead to cancer later in life.
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NEW YORK  - Loss of a tumor suppresser gene  called Rb may be the first step in the development of prostate  cancer, according to findings from experiments in mice.
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Scientists identify a protein that helps detect DNA damage in developing eggs which could help treat female infertility.
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A gene that helps cells keep their  shape also causes pancreatic cancer when mutated and it might  provide clues to what causes the lethal disease and how it  spreads so fast, researchers said on Monday.
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Scientists in Britain have identified a genetic mutation involved in certain types of lung cancer and said the breast cancer drug Herceptin might work in patients who have it.
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Scientists believe they have found a way to spot which breast and ovarian cancers are most likely to be fatal.
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Researchers have discovered a  genetic mutation that causes an aggressive form of childhood  leukemia and said on Thursday it may mean that drugs being  developed for Alzheimer's disease could also provide a better  treatment for the cancer.
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Approximately a decade ago, germline mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 were identified as the most common detectable causes of a hereditary predisposition to breast (and ovarian) cancer.
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Scientists say they have linked a faulty copy of a gene with the development of breast cancer.