KU researchers find statins may hold keys to future cancer treatment

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P53 gene and cancer

"Cancer is essentially caused by mutations to the genes that regulate cell growth or cell death. Of the hundreds of genetic culprits that have been implicated with causing various cancers, p53, dubbed the "guardian of the genome," is the mightiest of them all. Mutant forms of p53 have been found in nearly half of all malignant tumors and nearly every type of human cancer."



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