Johns Hopkins study identifies gene mechanism in most aggressive kidney cancers

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In a study from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, researchers described a novel mechanism of tumor formation in kidney cancers driven by overexpression of the mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 signaling pathway with loss of the tuberous sclerosis complex tumor suppressor gene. 

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