Scientists identify new gene that contributes to colon cancer growth
Royce Zhou, MD, a PhD student at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, discusses his study about identifying a new gene that is essential to colon cancer growth, and his finding that inflammation in the external environment around the tumor can contribute to the growth of tumor cells.

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