by Will Doss, Northwestern University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A transcription factor normally associated with androgen receptor activity in prostate cancer has a newly discovered role in controlling lipid biosynthesis, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in Nature Genetics. The transcription factor, called HOXB13, is downregulated in late-stage prostate cancer, unleashing lipid biosynthesis and fueling cancer metastasis, according...
