Gene Discovery

Gene Reduces Lung and Colon Cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, February 3rd, 1997

Lark Technologies, Inc., Houston, Texas, announced promising findings in its gene research program.

Initial animal studies performed at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), Houston, Texas, using a chromosome 4 fragment containing a senescence gene demonstrated the ability of that gene to reduce colon and lung cancer growth at statistically significant levels.

Lark Technologies has been collaborating with Dr. Olivia Pereira-Smith, BCM, to identify, sequence, and functionally test candidate genes in cell line assays to establish the four senescence genes. The candidate gene from the chromosome 4 fragment was sequenced by Lark and is being tested.

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