Retinoblastoma

Protein's role in retina development key to understanding devastating eye cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, March 23rd, 2004

The finding that a tumor-suppressor protein called Rb is required for proper development of the mouse retina is a major step toward understanding why some children develop the devastating eye cancer called retinoblastoma.

This discovery should eventually help scientists design a better treatment for this disease, according to investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. An article about this research is published in the February 29, 2004, online issue of Nature Genetics.

The St. Jude team showed that Rb limits the proliferation of immature retinal cells so the retina develops to a normal size. The Rb protein also prompts specific...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2004-03-23)

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