Not Signed In - Study Identifies Gene That May Suppress Renal Tumors
Thu, 16 Jun 2005 04:00 AM EST
... A new study has found evidence that the gene responsible for Birt-Hogg-Dubé (BHD) syndrome, a genetic disease characterized by the development of benign lesions in hair follicles and pulmonary cysts, may be a tumor suppressor gene that predisposes a person to renal tumors when both copies of the gene are inactivated... click link for more info. ...
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