Dance!
Posted on 05/02/2019 10:23:08 AM PDT by dfewfe
Using a mouse model of pancreatic cancer, researchers have zoomed in on a single gene that stopped aggressive pancreatic cancer from developing when the scientists removed it. holding the DNA concept illustration New research sheds light on the genetic drivers behind pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive form of cancer that tends to be diagnosed quite late and often resists treatment.
According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI), pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Some estimates predict that by 2020, pancreatic cancer will become the second leading cause of death.
The NCI estimate that in 2019 there will be 56,770 new cases of pancreatic cancer and 45,750 deaths resulting from it.
One of the main drivers behind pancreatic cancer is the so-called KRAS oncogene. But new research identifies another gene whose action is crucial for the development of this cancer.
Dr. Diane Simeone, who is the director of the Pancreatic Cancer Center at the New York University Langone Health's Perlmutter Cancer Center, is the corresponding author of this new research.
Dr. Simeone and her colleagues carried out a study in mice and human patient samples to examine the role of a gene called "ataxia-telangiectasia group D complementing" (ATDC) in pancreatic tumor formation.
The researchers will be publishing their findings in the journal Genes & Development.
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Yes. A lot of the genes in the human body seem to be stacked together like a house of cards. Sometimes when you pull one out, you can collapse the entire stack.
Very tricky business. Wouldn't try disabling this gene for anyone but someone with no other choice left.
Like tears in rain.
How do you "delete" it?
When watching a movie about Steve Jobs, I learned he was a "fruitarian." Someone who eats nothing but fruit. Apparently he ate fruit for every meal.
Fructose is a sugar found in fruit. What does the pancreas do again? Oh yes, it regulates blood sugar. What would be happening to the blood sugar of someone who eats nothing but fruit? I would imagine it would be going through massive spikes, and taxing the pancreas tremendously.
The thought occurred to me that perhaps this "creative" Jobs fellow caused his own pancreatic cancer by pursuing his idiot diet. As young as he was, it just seems probable to me.
http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/01/29/steve-jobs-fruitarian-diet-lands-ashton-kutcher-in-the-hospital/
Reading some of these posts is leading me to believe that some folks would bitc- if they hung you with a new rope.
EXACTLY!!!!
The mistake is thinking that genes do just one thing.
I don't believe for a minute that they do.
So how do you yank out that one gene from a gazillion different cancer cells? That’s some mighty fine tuned laser shots.
You had one Jobs...
Dance!
Excellent scene.
Steve Jobs elected to go with alternative medicine. He had a neuroendocrine tumor and could have been easily cured with surgery. But he waited too long and it spread to his liver.
“MAY”... or may be behind the instant spread of an epidemic worse than ebola. Whichever.
His eating habits did him in.
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