A Gene that could prevent multiple cancer
Source: Science Daily
This is a very interesting article that I read in Science Daily. I would like to share it with you.
Reasearchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have discovered a gene in chromosome 1 location 1p36 that could prevent cancer. The name of the gene is CHD5. They found out that when the gene is switched off, the cells lose the ability to control the growth of cancer. Basically, the gene behaves as a tumour suppressor. When the gene is switched on, the cells are able to control cancer development.
The research was actually done on mice and they wanted to see if the same was possible in humans also. For this, they collaborated with researchers from Stanford University and they found out that Glioma ( Tumour formed in the Central Nervous System) cells had deletion of CHD5 gene.
From this research, people can find out drugs that will switch ‘on’ this gene in cancer cells so as to bring about its death.
(Courtesy: Wikipedia for definition of glioma)
This is a very interesting article that I read in Science Daily. I would like to share it with you.
Reasearchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have discovered a gene in chromosome 1 location 1p36 that could prevent cancer. The name of the gene is CHD5. They found out that when the gene is switched off, the cells lose the ability to control the growth of cancer. Basically, the gene behaves as a tumour suppressor. When the gene is switched on, the cells are able to control cancer development.
The research was actually done on mice and they wanted to see if the same was possible in humans also. For this, they collaborated with researchers from Stanford University and they found out that Glioma ( Tumour formed in the Central Nervous System) cells had deletion of CHD5 gene.
From this research, people can find out drugs that will switch ‘on’ this gene in cancer cells so as to bring about its death.
(Courtesy: Wikipedia for definition of glioma)
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