jane2007 submitted, created time 11 months 6 days (www.nature.com)

Geneticists have identified genes that are normally present and that seem to be key to the growth and survival of specific cancers. The finding, from a functional-genomics screen of human cells, could offer new drug targets for blitzing tumors.

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