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Are all cancer genes equal?

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Cancer arises because of the accumulation of defects in certain classes of genes. In mice, breast tumours caused by one such class of 'cancer genes' can be prevented.

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Figure 1: Mice lacking the cyclin D1 gene are resistant to some types of breast cancer, as shown by Yu et al.1.

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  1. Department of Cell Cycle and Cancer, Institute of Cancer Biology, Danish Cancer Society, Strandboulevarden 49, Copenhagen, DK-2100, Denmark

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