Mitochondria role in prostate cancer growth discovered
A mitochondrial gene has been identified as a potential therapeutic target for prostate cancers that have spread to other parts of the body and evade current treatment strategies...
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Prostate cancer
Cancer that develops in the prostate (a gland that forms part of the male reproductive system).
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BRCA genes linked to prostate and pancreatic cancer
BRCA gene mutations have been linked to cancers, including prostate and breast cancer in men, in the largest study to date...
Report recommends more scrutiny for direct-to-consumer genomic tests
Direct-to-consumer genomic testing is a thriving market – for example by June 2020, 23andMe had sold over a quarter of a million testing kits in the UK...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Genetic basis discovered for the higher risk of prostate cancer in black men
Black men present genetic variations that make them more vulnerable than white men to developing prostate cancer research revealed...
Breast and ovarian cancer drug repurposed to treat prostate cancer
A drug already used to treat breast and ovarian cancer can also significantly delay the progression of prostate cancer...
Image by Christoph Bock/Max Planck Institute for Informatics via Wikimedia Commons. Depicts a DNA molecule that is methylated on both strands on the centre cytosine.
Global cancer genome study reveals genetic secrets
The largest-ever study of cancer genomes, the Pan-Cancer Project, has published a collection of 23 papers as the result of a ten-year collaboration...
Image by Christoph Bock/Max Planck Institute for Informatics via Wikimedia Commons. Depicts a DNA molecule that is methylated on both strands on the centre cytosine.
Epigenetic test sorts fatal from manageable prostate cancer
Researchers have identified a DNA methylation signature that can identify aggressive prostate cancer, with up to 92 percent accuracy...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Aggressive prostate cancer gene identified
Finnish researchers have identified two possible mutations in one gene that are both correlated with prostate cancer...
Silencing a prostate cancer gene kills tumour cells
A recent study identifies a new molecule as a potential target for prostate cancer therapy...
Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Researchers crack how BRCA1 gene raises cancer risk
A major breakthrough in understanding how mutations in the BRCA1 gene raise cancer risk has been made by researchers in the USA...