Sentences with phrase «when lung growth»
«If it were possible to repeat lung function at one time only, the best time would be around age 25, when lung growth peaks.»
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Alice Shaw recalls a signal moment in 2004 — just as she was finishing her oncology fellowship at MIT — when scientists discovered that mutations in a gene for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) were the culprits in about 10 to 15 percent of lung cancer patients.
While investigating one of the most commonly mutated genes in lung cancer, Shaw discovered an energy - sensing pathway that shuts down cell growth and reprograms metabolism when nutrients are scarce.
When they blocked IKK2 activity in the mice with lung cancer, the mice had smaller tumors and lived longer, suggesting that the enzyme is necessary for NF - KB to stimulate tumor growth.