latimesblogs.latimes.com | Submitted by AccessDNATeam, 04.30.10
Researchers say that men who have difficulty conceiving children are 2.6 times as likely to have highly aggressive prostate cancer as men who do not. This suggests that infertile men should be screened earlier for prostate cancer than they are currently.
medicalnewstoday.com | Submitted by lisbeth gessaman, 02.10.10
According to recent data culled by the researchers at MIT, the loss of one specific gene will cause prostrate cancer cells to behave far more aggressively, even allowing them to quickls spread to other parts of the body.
The DAO21B gene holds certain prostrate cancer cells in check. The gene protein acts as a barrier preventing the growth and over-activization of prostrate cancer cells. When the gene loses that specific protein, researchers discovered that the cancer cells were much more likely to metastasize to other parts of the body.