NIH looking at genetic markers to stop Melanoma
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NIH looking at genetic markers to stop Melanoma

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    • February 15, 2017 at 1:33 am
    MovingOn
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      Amazing how quickly research is advancing. Genetics is an entirely new tool set for building possible cures. Glad that we at living in modern times and what seems like hyper-modern times for research advancements!

      https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170208111533.htm

      Searching for clues about how the body signals the lack of oxygen in melanoma skin cancer, National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers focused on HIF1? (hypoxia inducible factor 1 alpha), a protein that acts as a sensor for oxygen and nutrients in many types of cancer. They discovered 40 new genes that are either turned on or off by HIF1?, and 10 genes that were associated with the amount of time it took the melanoma to move from the original tumor to the rest of the body. They published their findings February 6, 2017, in Pigment Cell and Melanoma Research.

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