Researchers identify new gene mutation in familial thyroid cancers

(Penn State) Researchers from Penn State College of Medicine identified a new gene mutation that may cause a type of familial thyroid cancer. Dr. Darrin Bann, an otolaryngology resident at the College of Medicine and lead author of the study, said that this mutation is the first and only mutation associated with familial thyroid cancer to be identified in a gene that is primarily expressed in the thyroid gland.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news