Name: Identifying the mitochondrial DNA mutations that cause cancer
Description: Examining the sequences of two regions of the mitochondrial genome to identify and compare the mutations occurring in different cancers.

Mutations that affect the mitochondrial DNA may play a key role in cancers. However, the exact mutations that are involved in cancer are still unknown. Dr Fatimata Mbaye and collaborators, from the University of Dakar in Senegal examined the sequences of two regions of the mitochondrial genome to identify and compare the mutations occurring in different cancers. Understanding the relationship […]