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Compounds may combat cancers by reversing p53 mutation
Scientists at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey and the Institute for Advanced Study have identified a class of compounds--known as thiosemicarbazones--that appears in early testing to correct p53's mutation in mice. Treated with the compounds, tumors either stopped growing so quickly or shrank.
NEJM: Blame chronic diarrhea on mutated gene
Researchers in Norway believe they've found a gene mutation that may cause chronic diarrhea in certain situations, a first step toward more effectively treating, and someday curing such a condition.
Team finds 2 mutations that cause pediatric brain cancer
Glioblastomas are less common in children than in adults but just as lethal. They are fatal tumors that don't respond to chemotherapy and radiation and inflict a particularly nasty death. These...
