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June 9, 2005

Gregory J. Hannon, PhD (Damon Runyon Fellow '92-'94) found a new class of oncogene that plays a role human cancer development. Dr. Hannon was a key player in the recent discovery of a new class of gene regulators called microRNAs. Now Hannon and his colleagues show that microRNAs can serve as oncogenes in several types of human cancer.

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