Sentences with phrase «likely tumor suppressor gene»

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Or stem cells injected into a patient as therapy might be designed so that their tumor suppressor genes are less likely to mutate and cause cancer.

These two histones thus have a key role of epigenetic silencing of tumor suppressor genes in breast cancer (and likely other cancers), suggesting that they may represent new therapeutic targets.

When mutated, or not working properly, cells with abnormal tumor suppressor genes are more likely to grow out of control and lead to the development of cancer.