Open Post #9: New Strategies for Finding Drug Targets for Cancer

I recently read an article about how scientists are testing new ways of looking for gene mutations that cause cancer. This article was very interesting because I don’t know a lot about cancers and how they work, but this article gave me a little more background. I’ve always been curious about how cancer develops and how we can stop it, and this article talks about scientists’ attempts of doing just that.

I learned that instead of looking for mutations that are all in the same gene, scientists are now looking for mutations that are in protein genes or have common pathways with each other. They are also thinking that instead of just one specific protein, cancer may be caused by groups of genes. I have also learned that sometimes, in cancer, genes may not always be mutated. Scientists don’t know whether the mutations have anything to do with the cancer or not, it could just be a coincidence that they are there. These scientists have done a few experiments to attempt to figure out if the mutations are related to cancer or not.

This article was a good source of information on cancer research and gene mutations. I hope that these scientists figure out if mutations are related to cancer because I would absolutely love to see it cured or at least the world come a step closer. Check out the article below!

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Yandell, Kate. "Pulling It All Together." The Scientist. The Scientist, 1 Apr. 2016. Web. 3 Apr. 2016.