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Chain reaction that begins when tumor suppression gene is switched off offers clues to how cancer develops
Source: Phys.org · Published

A tumor suppressor gene known as p53 is mutated in more than half of all cancers, but how it acts to prevent cancer formation is largely unknown. A study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers…
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