Pancreatic Cancer Turns Off a Key Gene in Order to Grow

THIS STORY ORIGINALLY appeared on WIRED Italia and has been translated from Italian.

Pancreatic cancer turns off one of our most important genes in order to be able to grow and spread, new research published in the journal Gastro Hep Advances has found.

The cancer is one of the most aggressive human diseases. It is the 12th most common cancer in the world, with more than half a million new diagnoses each year, yet it is often detected only at an advanced stage, when treatment options are limited. As a result, it has one of the worst survival rates, with more than half of patients

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