Researchers from the University of Queensland and Albert Einstein College of Medicine have developed a new way to discover cancer-promoting genes. Using this new approach, they have already identified one that appears to promote aggressive breast cancers.

March 20, 2019

Australian and US researchers have developed a new statistical approach that is helping reveal many previously hard-to-find oncogenes: genes that contribute to cancer. This new approach, the Oncomix method, allows researchers to get a closer look at the genetic information of cancer patients. Using this method the researchers were able to identify five genes that were over-active in one particular group of breast cancer patients, and focus in on one particular gene, known as CBX2. If further studies prove CBX2 is indeed an oncogene it could allow for the use of targeted therapeutic drugs in aggressive types of breast cancer.

Source: EurekAlert