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Monday, November 11, 2002Some of the body's genes apparently exist only to trigger cells to commit "suicide" - for instance when they appear to be about to turn cancerous - to keep the body's tissues in a constantly shifting equilibrium. But cells that do become cancerous either lack or ignore those genes. They keep dividing long past their intended lifespan and often beyond the point where they cause damage to the surrounding body. Ken Parkinson, who led the team at the Beatson centre, said that it had pinpointed one of the genes on a tiny section of chromosome four, which is just four genes long. And, thanks to the Human Genome Project, here's a map of chromosome 4. posted by Sydney on 11/11/2002 07:23:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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