Scientists find aggressive brain cancer genes

US researchers have discovered two genes reported to be responsible for the development of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer.

According to a study published in Nature, C/EPB and Stat3 are active in about 60 percent of patients suffering from glioblastoma, the most lethal human malignancy that rapidly invades the normal brain and produces inoperable tumors.

"When simultaneously activated, they work together to turn on hundreds of other genes that transform brain cells into highly aggressive, migratory cells,” said lead researcher Antonio Iavarone.

The two genes act as the master control knobs of the tumor; suppressing the two genes simultaneously and thereby helping treat patients.

Scientists are optimistic that their findings will lead to the development of new treatments for brain cancer.

Source: PressTV.
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