Active hedgehog signalling in connective tissue cells protects against colon cancer

Monday, August 8, 2016 - 08:41 in Biology & Nature

Many types of cancer are caused by gene mutations in the signalling pathways that control cell growth, such as the hedgehog signalling pathway. A new study now surprisingly shows that in colon cancer hedgehog signalling has a protective function.

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