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February 2013 in “Medical Oncology” Certain genetic variants increase the risk of resistance to hormone therapy in prostate cancer patients.
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February 2018 in “Experimental and Molecular Medicine/Experimental and molecular medicine” A protein called PCBP2 controls the production of a hair growth protein by interacting with its genetic message and is linked to hair loss when this control is disrupted.
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January 2001 in “Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics” Activated ras can protect kidney cells from a certain substance that causes cell death.
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January 2017 in “Tohoku journal of experimental medicine” A woman's mature cystic teratoma caused her virilization by producing testosterone.
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