Gene Vital To Brain's Stem Cells Implicated In Deadly Brain Cancer

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Gene Vital To Brain's Stem Cells Implicated In Deadly Brain Cancer

Researchers have identified a protein that activates brain stem cells to make new neurons -- but that may be hijacked later in life to cause brain cancer in humans. The protein called Huwe1 normally functions to eliminate other unnecessary proteins and was found to act as a tumor suppressor in brain cancer.

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Gene vital to brain's stem cells implicated in deadly brain cancer

eurekalert.org — “Researchers from columbia university medical center's herbert irving comprehensive cancer center have identified a protein that activates brain stem cells to make new neurons -- but that may be hijacked later in life to cause brain cancer in humans. the protein called huwe1 normally functions to eliminate other unnecessary proteins and was found to act as a tumor suppressor in brain cancer. ” View full resource at eurekalert.org