Health, Sports & Psychology
How can a genetic mutation shared by many Brazilians help in the fight against cancer?
...change in their DNA – a mutation in a gene called p53 that undermines their ability to resist cancer. p53 has turned out to be the most important single gene in cancer, and has been one of the most popular areas of study in the history of molecular biology. The gene was discovered in 1979 by David Lane, working at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in London, and...