Protein-Based Cancer Signature

The University of Basel’s Biozentrum research team has investigated the expression of ribosomal proteins in a range of human tissues, including tumors. They have discovered a cancer type specific signature and have reported this in Genome Biology. This cancer signature could potentially be used to predict the progression of the disease.

As we learned in high school biology, it is true that proteins are the building blocks of life. Proteins are produced by molecular machines called ribosomes. Some eighty ribosomal proteins are contained in human ribosomes. A research group of Prof. Mihaela Zavolan at the Biozentrum University …read more