When it comes to identifying cancer-driving mutations, research has focused almost exclusively on understanding how mutations in the coding region of genes may alter a protein’s function to promote ...

There are some genes that can promote cancer; they are sometimes called oncogenes, and in tumor cells, mutations are often found in these genes. When they are functioning normally, oncogenes are often ...

Researchers at Uppsala University have developed a new method to identify conserved noncoding mutations in the genome that may play a driving role in medulloblastoma brain tumors in children. The ...