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An unexpected addiction

John D. Shaughnessy
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John D. Shaughnessy: John D. Shaughnessy is at the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA. shaughnessyjohn@uams.edu

Nature, 2008, vol. 454, issue 7201, 172-173

Abstract: Both oncogenes and normal genes can mediate the development and progress of cancer. What used to separate their effects was cancer's dependence on, or 'addiction' to, oncogenes but not normal genes. Not any more.

Date: 2008
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