Word: nm
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Colin McMillan, Sen. NM...
...gene known as nm23, first identified by Steeg in 1988. It seems to help mature cells stop dividing and arrange themselves in an orderly fashion. Steeg's research suggests that in cancer cells this crucial gene often malfunctions. When she introduced a normal nm23 gene (nm stands for nonmetastatic) into highly malignant human breast cells, then injected these cells into mice, their tendency to form metastases dropped as much...