Genetic Link To Liver Cancer Found; Mice Without Gene Didn't Develop Tumors In Lab Tests

A gene that causes liver cancer in mice has been identified by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago. When the researchers deleted the gene, called Foxm1b, from liver cells in lab mice, the animals didn't develop tumors. The mice with the deleted gene remained cancer-free even when the researchers tried to use artificial means to induce tumors. The research appeared in a recent issue of Genes and Development.