Recent research by a joint collaborative effort between scientists in the United States and Europe have uncovered AMBRA1, a protein which functions as a tumour suppressor. As cancer is caused by innumerable cells that will not stop diving, thus forming a tumour, AMBRA1 "marks other proteins involved in helping cells divide...for destruction when cell division isn't needed." While additional research is needed to determine interactions present between AMBRA1 and cancer cells, these tumour suppressors can indeed be more prominent in one cancer versus another.
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