Mutation, selection and metastasis
Mutation and selection are important concepts in cancer biology. One well-known example is hereditary colon cancer. Patients with mutations...
Research BloggingA collection of 9 posts
Using RNA interference to identify genes that protect from cancer
Cancer is caused by genetic changes. Oncogenes harbor activating mutations that cause or promote cancer, whereas tumor suppressor genes protect from cancer. In this model, genetic changes in one copy of an oncogene, but both copies...
Poor media coverage of cancer research: are blogs one answer?
Kathy Redmond wrote an editorial in the November issue of Nature Clinical Practice Oncology about the media coverage of cancer....