PELO Gene Kills Cancer Cells
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Mutations in two gene pairs point to a promising drug target in 5% of adult cancers
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About 5% of adult cancers rely heavily on a gene called PELO to survive and that disabling the gene kills those cancer cells.
The finding, described in Nature , is a new synthetic lethality—a pair of genetic changes that together kill cancer cells together.
Genetic testing could identify cancer patients with FOCAD or TCC37 mutations who would benefit from new drugs.
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