The University of Michigan, researchers have claimed the identity of a series of gene fusion that might serve as a marker for detecting cancer in mere future.
Recurrent gene fusions are believed to be the mechanism that leads to cancer development.
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These fusions occur when chromosomes, the packages of DNA that contain genes, switch places with each other.
"We defined a new class of mutations in prostate cancer. The recurrent fusions are thought to be the driving mechanism of cancer," Nature magazine quoted Arul Chinnaiyan, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Michigan Center for Translational Pathology and S.P. Hicks Endowed Professor of Pathology at the U-M Medical School, as saying.
Researchers Have Identified Gene Fusions That Trigger Prostate Cancer
In a new study, US researchers have found that special gene fusions help trigger prostate cancer. Researchers at the University of Michigan (U-M) Comprehensive Cancer Center found
In a new study, US researchers have found that special gene fusions help trigger prostate cancer. Researchers at the University of Michigan (U-M) Comprehensive Cancer Center found
Gene fusions are already known to play a role in blood cell cancers such as leukemia and lymphoma, and Ewing's sarcoma, a rare bone disease.
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