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Mar 18, 2013

Immortality Gene Mutation Identifies Brain Tumors and Other Cancers

DURHAM, NC – Newly identified mutations in a gene that makes cells immortal appear to play a pivotal role in three of the most common...

Sep 24, 2012

Cancer Mutation Aids Eco-Friendly Nylon Manufacture

Brain cancer researchers have provided chemical engineers with a biological enzyme that could be key to completing a more eco-friendly...

Feb 23, 2009

Duke and Johns Hopkins universities make breakthrough discovery related to IDH gene mutation

and malignant glioma DURHAM, N.C.—Scientists at Duke University Medical Center and Johns Hopkins University have discovered mutations in...