Sentences with phrase «prevent uncontrolled cell growth»

The team at the Institute, supported by GSK and together with AstraZeneca have identified another way that PTEN may prevent uncontrolled cell growth.

The adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene is a tumour suppressor gene, i.e. a gene preventing uncontrolled cell growth that could lead to the formation of a cancer tumour.

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While the mechanisms by which these compounds prevent cancer is not yet fully understood, the compounds might help remove or neutralize carcinogens or affect your body's hormone levels to prevent hormone - related cancers, or they might simply change how your cells grow to prevent the uncontrolled growth seen in cancer.