A gene called high mobility group A1 may be the key that opens the door to the development of colon cancer, according to research led by investigators from the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Department of Pathology and the Johns Hopkins Institute for Cell Engineering.
Elana J. Fertig was named associate director for quantitative science at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center.
