Tumor Suppressor Genes Identified by Novel Statistical Model

An international research team used a novel statistical model to find 27 new genes thought to prevent cancer from occurring. The findings could help create new cancer therapies that target these genes, and open up other avenues of cancer research, say the scientists."Using this powerful toolkit, we've uncovered rare tumor suppressor genes that when lost in mutated cells, cause cancer," says Jonas Demeulemeester, Ph.D., joint first author of the paper and researcher at the Francis Crick Inst