Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Geneticists have recently acknowledged a wonderful gene that causes breast cancer to metastasise, the poisonous process by that the disease moves to other organs. Described by the US scientists as a "master regulator," the SATB1 genetic material alters the performance of at least 1,000 other genes inside the tumor cells, stated the study, and available in the British journal Nature.
Until now, it was actuall6y not possible to forecast whether cancer cells in a tumor were intended to attack neighboring tissue, go through the blood system and shape up secondary tumors somewhere else in the body. But the SATB1 protein is simply such an indicator. A tumor in that it is triggered "is intended to metastasise," said Kohwi-Shigematsu.
Until now, it was actuall6y not possible to forecast whether cancer cells in a tumor were intended to attack neighboring tissue, go through the blood system and shape up secondary tumors somewhere else in the body. But the SATB1 protein is simply such an indicator. A tumor in that it is triggered "is intended to metastasise," said Kohwi-Shigematsu.
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