Small bits of genetic material fight cancer's spread

Tuesday, October 15, 2013 - 14:30 in Biology & Nature

Researchers have found that microRNAs -- small bits of genetic material capable of repressing the expression of certain genes -- may serve as both therapeutic targets and predictors of metastasis, or a cancer's spread from its initial site to other parts of the body.

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