Brain CancerFeaturedGeneticsNeurology·August 1, 2012·3 min readResearchers Discover Gene that Permanently Stops Cancer Cell ProliferationResearchers discovered a mutant form of Chk1 gene that when expressed in cancer cells, permanently stopped their proliferation and caused cell death without the addition of any chemotherapeutic drugs. This study illustrates an unprecedented finding, that artificially activating Chk1 alone is sufficient to kill cancer cells.Read More