Genetic variant linked to development of liver cancer in hepatitis C virus carriers
Sunday, July 3, 2011 - 12:01
in Biology & Nature
A genome-wide study by researchers at the RIKEN Center for Genomic Medicine, Hiroshima University Hospital and Sapporo-Kosei General Hospital has identified a genetic variant associated with the development of liver cancer in chronic hepatitis C virus carriers. The findings are based on a study of 3,312 Japanese individuals and appear in the journal Nature Genetics.