The gene TARBP2 (TAR-RNA binding protein 2) is key to the production machinery of microRNA. These microRNAs are short strands of ribonucleic acid that regulate the intensity of the activity of other genes activated and deactivated, and active oncosupresora has been demonstrated in the past. In this study, conducted by a group of scientists from Finland, Portugal, USA and Spain, led by Manel Esteller, who led the group in the Cancer Epigenetics CNIO in Madrid and currently leads the Epigenetics of IDIBELL in Barcelona, have examined a number of cell lines of colorectal cancer, (more...)