I have no idea what this means to the future of cancer, but HACE 1 sounds interesting.
This is all the Globe and Mail has on this, from Canadian team discovers gene that turns cancers off
A unique gene that can stop cancerous cells from multiplying into tumours has been discovered by a team of scientists at the B.C. Cancer Agency in Vancouver.
The team, led by Dr. Poul Sorensen, says the gene has the power to suppress the growth of human tumours in multiple cancers, including breast, lung and liver.
The gene, HACE 1, helps cells fight off stress that, left unchecked, opens the door to formation of multiple tumours.
Dr. Sorensen’s team found cancerous cells form tumours when HACE 1 is inactive, but when additional stress such as radiation is added, tumour growth is rampant.
Kick-starting HACE 1 prevented those cells from forming tumours.
The study appears in the advance online publication of Nature Medicine.



Well then, I hope we use this to our advantage.
By: Lady on 15 August, 2007
at 7:07 pm
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at 12:59 am
I hope this is true so I can start going out in the sun again.
By: jeremy on 16 August, 2007
at 8:16 pm