Reactivated gene shrinks tumors

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Andrea Ventura an MIT postdoctoral associate works in the lab at the Center for Cancer Research. He and his colleagues have shown that by reactivating a certain gene cancerous tumors in mice can be drastically reduced in size. Photo: Donna Coveney
Andrea Ventura, an MIT postdoctoral associate, works in the lab at the Center for Cancer Research. He and his colleagues have shown that by reactivating a certain gene, cancerous tumors in mice can be drastically reduced in size. Photo: Donna Coveney

Many cancers arise due to defects in genes that normally suppress tumor growth. Now, for the first time, MIT researchers have shown that re-activating one of those genes in mice can cause tumors to shrink or disappear.


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