Researchers find gene to fight liver cancer
3rd Oct 2005, 01:51 GMT
Researchers in Hong Kong have found a gene that can attack cancer cells, giving hope a cure can be found for liver cancer, a media report said on Monday. A team from Hong Kong University says the DLC-2 "tumour supressing" gene is present in healthy people but not in patients suffering from liver cancer. "We strongly believe that patients develop liver cancer when the gene disappears from their bodies," Irene Ng Oi-lin was quoted as saying in the South China...
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