{"id":116,"date":"2008-10-02T07:03:31","date_gmt":"2008-10-02T07:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/summersnow2001.wordpress.com\/2008\/10\/02\/scientists-discover-gene-that-protects-against-colon-cancer"},"modified":"2008-10-02T07:03:31","modified_gmt":"2008-10-02T07:03:31","slug":"scientists-discover-gene-that-protects-against-colon-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/summersnow.now.cc\/?p=116","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Discover Gene That Protects Against Colon Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Scientists have discovered a gene that they say decreases the risk of developing colon cancer. The finding is the result of a study looking at genes associated with colon cancer risk. <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

Researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago and the University of Alabama were looking for biological markers, or defective genes, they can use in a blood test to determine whether someone is likely to develop colon cancer.<\/font><\/span> <\/p>\n

Investigators conducted two studies involving 600 people with colon cancer and 800 people without the disease.\u00a0 <\/span><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

Boris Pasche is part of the team looking for defective genes or risk factors that increase a person’s likelihood of developing colon cancer. <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

"What we have found is a region of a gene that is associated with colorectal cancer risk," he said.<\/font><\/span> <\/p>\n

The gene produces a protein that stimulates fat cells to manufacture a hormone called adiponectin. Obesity has been linked to colon cancer.\u00a0 <\/span><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

While studies have suggested that high blood levels of the hormone could predict who will get colon cancer, this latest study for the first time links a specific gene to colon cancer risk.<\/font><\/span> <\/p>\n

Researchers also found that a variation of the adiponectin gene makes some people less likely to develop the disease. "The degree of decreased risk was approximately thirty percent decreased risk," he said.<\/font><\/span> <\/p>\n

Pasche says researchers are optimistic they will be able to develop a test for colon cancer. <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

"It is our hope that we will be able to offer early screening to individuals who are at risk so we will be able to keep this disease from developing," he said.<\/font><\/span> <\/p>\n

The results of the study on colon cancer gene are published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association.<\/font><\/span> <\/p>\n

(From VOA news report on <\/span>30 September 2008<\/span><\/font><\/font> with the website of http:\/\/www.voanews.com\/english\/2008-09-30-voa56.cfm<\/a><\/font>)<\/font><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n

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