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From the article: “We believe that loss of the apical PLEKHA7-microprocessor complex is an early and somewhat universal event in cancer,” he adds. “In the vast
by rquantz 11y ago
From the article:
“We believe that loss of the apical PLEKHA7-microprocessor complex is an early and somewhat universal event in cancer,” he adds. “In the vast majority of human tumor samples we examined, this apical structure is absent"
I'm not saying you're wrong, but this seems to be suggesting that treatments based on this mechanism could potentially be used to treat the vast majority of cancers. You're saying this is wrong?
- baldfat 11y agoLeukemia doesn't have tumors for example.
- jghn 11y agoSure, and they might be right. But history is rich with these sorts of things. The number of common cancer attributes are legion, e.g. MYC mutations, but to date it always turns out that the total story is complex enough that it doesn't matter.