Scientists have revealed an anticancer gene
Scientists from the British Institute of child’s health and the Italian University of Modena and Rejio Emily during research have found out a gene which determines risk of cancer development.
In research took part about 400 patients with a colon cancer, brain-growth or a chronic blood cancer.
In a result it has been established, that two variants of B-MYB gene were met at healthy people twice more often, than at oncological patients. Hence, scientists have drawn a conclusion, that carriers of two variants of this gene are less often ill with oncological diseases.
According to the last data, occurrence of anticancer variants of B-MYB gene varies in various ethnic groups: in particular, their carriers are 40 % of Italians, 50 % of natives from Africa and only 10 % of white Americans.
Researchers believe that new opening will help to create new methods of struggle against cancer.