Eliminating tumor suppressor C/EBP alpha explains cancer in aging liver

Tuesday, June 1, 2010 - 14:20 in Health & Medicine

Understanding how the tumor suppressor protein C/EBP alpha is eliminated in aging livers gives important clues to the mechanism by which cancer occurs in that organ and could point the way to new therapies and prevention, said Baylor College of Medicine researchers in a report that appears online today in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

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