A previously unknown mechanism for inactivating genes that suppresses tumor formation helps explain why cancer risk is associated with an unhealthy diet or unmanaged metabolic conditions like diabetes.
Singaporean and UK scientists discovered a way to turn off genes that prevent tumors from growing. Singaporean and UK researchers found a unique method for deactivating tumor-suppressing genes, shedding insight on how nutrition and metabolic disorders like diabetes affect cancer risk.
A research team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has unearthed new findings which may help explain the connection between cancer risk and poor diet, as well as common diseases like diabetes, which arise from poor diet. The insights gai