Tumor-Suppressor Genes Turned Off by 3' UTR Shortening

Researchers say they have uncovered new information that more accurately explains how cancerous tumors grow within the body. Their study (“ 3’ UTR shortening represses tumor-suppressor genes in trans by disrupting ceRNA crosstalk ”) appears in  Nature Genetics . The team, led by scientists at The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) at Galveston and Baylor College of Medicine, found that losing a section of mRNA that was previously thought to transform