Does normal expression of SPOP prevent development of many prostate cancers?

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Sitemaster

Researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, are claiming that they have made a series of four important discoveries related to the role of a protein called “speckle-type POZ protein” (SPOP) and its involvement in the development of prostate cancer. … READ MORE …

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Do SPOP mutations define a new molecular subtype of prostate cancer?

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Sitemaster

A Letter to the Editor just published in the journal Nature Genetics has suggested that that so-called SPOP mutations may be responsible for between 6 and 15 percent of the prostate cancers diagnosed in the USA each year. … READ MORE …

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