Keeping at-risk cells from developing cancer

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered that cancers arising from epigenetic changes - in this case the inappropriate activation of a normally silent gene - develop by becoming addicted to certain growth factors. Reporting online in next week’s Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences, the team shows that blocking this “addiction” can greatly prevent cancer growth.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news116529597.html">Keeping at-risk cells from developing cancer</a></p> <p>Researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered that cancers arising from epigenetic changes - in this case the inappropriate activation of a normally silent gene - develop by becoming addicted to certain growth factors. Reporting online in next week’s Early Edition of the <i>Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences</i>, the team shows that blocking this “addiction” can greatly prevent cancer growth.</p>