Cancer Treatment
Researchers' findings from the United States and Netherlands advance cancer treatment research
Published in Cancer Weekly, October 3rd, 2006
Study 1: According to recently published research from the United States, micro-RNA (miRNA) is involved in growth and response to chemotherapy in human cholangiocarcinoma cell lines.
"miRNA are endogenous regulatory RNA molecules that modulate gene expression. Alterations in miRNA expression can contribute to tumor growth by modulating the functional expression of critical genes involved in tumor cell proliferation or survival," wrote F.Y. Meng and colleagues, Texas A&M University.
"Our aims were to identify specific miRNA involved in the...
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