Loss of tumor supressor gene essential to transforming benign nerve tumors into cancers

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Loss of tumor supressor gene essential to transforming benign nerve tumors into cancers

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Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center showed for the first time that the loss or decreased expression of the tumor suppressor gene PTEN plays a central role in the malignant transformation of benign nerve tumors called neurofibromas into a malignant and extremely deadly form of sarcoma.

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