Numerous Undiscovered Gene Alterations In Pancreatic And Brain Cancers Revealed

 06.09.2008 04:12   medicalnewstoday.com

HHMI investigators have detected a multitude of broken, missing, and overactive genes in pancreatic and brain tumors, in the most detailed genetic survey yet of any human tumor. Some of these genetic changes were previously unknown and could provide new leads for improved diagnosis and therapy for these devastating cancers.

World Gastroenterology