Growth Arrest- and Cell Death-Gene Mediated Breast Cancer Prevention by Selenium (1997)

Title:

Growth Arrest- and Cell Death-Gene Mediated Breast Cancer Prevention by Selenium

Key words:

selenium, methylselenocysteine

Research Institution:

AMC Cancer Research Center

Location:

Colorado

Researcher:

Junxuan Lu

Project Description:

Dr. Lu studied the effect of the naturally occurring selenium compound, methylselenocysteine, on both cell cycle control in rats given a carcinogen, as well as examining the expression the expression of 6 genes involved in regulation of cell cycles and programmed cell death.