Breast cancer: finding the smoking gun
A new method developed at Vanderbilt may help “inventory” all tumor-promoting genes.
22-Jul-2016 -
Many genes are associated with cancer. The trick is proving they actually promote tumor formation.
One approach, detailed by Ian Macara , Ph.D., and colleagues is an in vivo “gain-of-function” screen.
The researchers used a gene “library” (complementary DNA carried by lentivirus) to increase the ...
breast cancer
gene expression profiling
genes
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