National Centers of Systems Biology
A New Study Led by CCSB Director Kevin White Could Speed Detection of Kidney Cancer
Published January 26, 2009
Large-scale data mining of gene networks in fruit flies has led researchers to a sensitive and specific diagnostic biomarker for human renal cell carcinoma, the most common type of kidney cancer. In the journal Science, published early online January 22, a team based at the University of Chicago led by Dr. White shows that the biomarker known as SPOP is produced by 99 percent of clear cell renal cell carcinomas but not by normal kidney tissue.
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