Lung cancer research latest
Each year more than 1 million people worldwide die of lung cancer. Lung adenocarcinoma is the most common cause of lung cancer.
An article in Nature reports a study by MIT and Harvard and part-funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) which has identified a specific proto-oncogene called NKX2-1 on chromosome 14 that appears in as many as 12% of lung adenocarcinomas. This gene is essential in the development of cells that line the alveoli of the lungs. Without the gene, death will occur at birth because of the inability to breathe. As it is a proto-oncogene, it can mutate into a gene that promotes the development of cancer.
The research team also found 57 frequent genomic changes in their analysis of the genetics of tumors taken from lung cancer patients.
For more information go to www.nature.com
Elaine Warburton BSc RN ACA
Genetics and Health correspondent www.geneticsandhealth.com
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2 opinions for Lung cancer research latest
S
Jan 9, 2008 at 8:50 pm
blah blah blah, same research different day.
what the research community is missing is a J Craig Venter type to come in, take names and start lighting a fire under everyone’s backside.
I am tired of researchers documenting molecules ad infinitum year after year and nothing changes
Too much messing around. There I said it.
Elaine
Jan 9, 2008 at 9:36 pm
S - a word of advice … Keep your eye on my company Biogendia … Doesn’t look much now but we’ve got something special that with a bit more nurturing, will rock the world!!!
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