Tag Archives: cell cycle

CDKN2A Mutation Shortens Survival in Melanoma Patients

Individuals that carry mutations to the CDKN2A tumor suppressor gene have 65-fold increased risk of developing melanoma and a lifetime penetrance of melanoma of 60-90%. In a new study by researchers from the Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden, individuals who had inherited CDKN2A mutations were on average 10 years younger at their melanoma diagnosis than the non-mutated familial melanoma cases. Continue reading

SOR-C13 and Psaptides for Ovarian Cancer

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan-drug designation to peptide SOR-C13 (Sorcimed) for the treatment of ovarian cancer. Additionally, two forms of a peptide derived from a naturally-occurring human protein (Psaptides) can force tumors to shrink significantly in an animal model of metastatic ovarian cancerContinue reading