Cancer clue from down syndrome.

• Autores: Charles Q. Choi
• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 301, Nº. 2, 2009, págs. 27-27
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The article discusses a report online in the May 20 issue of “Nature,” by a team of researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston, who found an extra copy of DSCR1, which is one of the genes on chromosome 21. Chromosome 21 is associated with Down syndrome in which an extra chromosome arises from a mistake during cell division. Topics include a brief overview of why people with Down syndrome have a lower incidence of cancer and the role of gene suppressors which prevent cancer growth.