Breast cancer cells regulate multiple genes in response to estrogen-like compounds

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 00:07 in Biology & Nature

Cancer researchers have discovered a previously unknown type of gene regulation and DNA behavior in breast cancer cells that may lead to better insight about environmental exposure to estrogen-like compounds. The study provides the first evidence that cells can regulate many genes at once by looping their DNA, and that this can contribute to cancer when it goes awry.

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