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Tobacco Industrys’ Efforts to Cast Doubt on Link Between Smoking, Cancer Gene 

EARLY ONLINE PUBLICATION: Friday January 14 2005

Newswise — The strategies used by the tobacco industry to counteract research linking tobacco smoke to cancer-causing mutations in a gene called p53 are detailed in a study published online (Friday January 14, 2005) in The Lancet.

Damage to the p53 gene leads to uncontrolled cell division. Mutations in this gene are found in over 50% of all human tumours, including 60% of lung cancers.

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