Colorectal cancer
How cancer seizes the immortality gene
21 Apr 2023Researchers have discovered a molecular pathway in colorectal cancer cells that leads to uncontrolled division, creating an avenue for more targeted therapies.
One gene, many targets
23 Aug 2019Different forms of the protein HNF4ɑ can pair up to influence diverse processes ranging from development to diabetes, study shows.
Drug resistance in the hot seat
21 Feb 2019Thermal stress elicits genomic changes that can make cancer cells resistant to chemotherapy
More evidence for metformin
15 Jan 2018A
popular diabetes drug could one day be used to treat malignant tumors
A closer look at cell types
16 May 2017Analyzing gene activity in single cells offers a
clearer view of bowel cancer
Busting myths on tumor cell clusters
13 Dec 2016A surprising finding shows that some clusters of cells commonly found in the bloodstream of colorectal cancer patients are actually non-cancerous
Filtering for fast analysis
6 Oct 2015Trapping cells that tumors release into the bloodstream allows fast and sensitive genetic analysis
A key player in embryo formation
3 Mar 2015A protein originally identified as a tumor suppressor also helps establish body patterns in developing embryos