Aggressive prostate cancer gene identified
Finnish researchers have identified two possible mutations in one gene that are both correlated with prostate cancer...
Dr Isobel Steer is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews, and is also a researcher at Imperial College London on medical diagnostic devices. She also obtained her PhD at Imperial developing a device to study protein-DNA interactions. She previously studied Biological Sciences at the University of Oxford, where she wrote for and edited magazines including Bang! and Phenotype. She tweets as @isosteer.
Finnish researchers have identified two possible mutations in one gene that are both correlated with prostate cancer...
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A gene therapy has been used to restore normal blood sugar levels in mice with type 1 diabetes, according to a study published this month in the journal Cell Stem Cell.
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