Unique Genetic Profile Identified

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Posted on 14 October 2011

As part of a collaborative research project, scientists as Keele and the National Institute of Health in Washington, DC, have identified a unique genetic profile associated with a rare brain tumour.

The tumour, pituitary in origin, was initially identified in a five-year-old child with a family history of these types of tumour.

Its surgical removal allowed the researchers to analyse more than 10,000 genes in what is known as a transciptome analysis.

The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism shows, for the first time, a unique genetic profile associated with this family associated (familial) tumour.

Professfor Bill Farrell, lead author on the paper says that the findings provide new insight into molecular pathways that may be exploited therapeutically for the treatment of these types of aggressive tumours.

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