How cancer arises
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Mutations in proto-oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes have a major role in the development of cancer. The mutations cause proto-oncogenes to promote excessive cell multiplication and tumor suppressor genes to become inactivated.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1996
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New molecular targets for cancer therapy
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Researchers are studying how molecular defects cause normal cells to become cancerous. Most tumors have mutations in either oncogenes, tumor suppressor genes or genes that control DNA replication and repair.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1996
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How drug resistance arises
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The prolific rate of reproduction of HIV viral particles and the random mutations that occur in the replication process ensures that complete HIV viral control is still a long way off.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1998
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