Definition of "oncogenes" []

• Plural form of oncogene. (noun)

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• ""This technology allows us to analyze cancer-associated proteins on a very small scale," said Felsher, a member of Stanford's Cancer Center, who studies how cancer genes called oncogenes initiate and influence tumor progression in many types of cancers."
• "The discovery led to the identification of many " oncogenes " — a mutated gene that turns normal cells into tumor cells — and the development of therapies to combat them."
• "Hell, there's whole CLASSES of genes identified as "oncogenes" or "tumor suppressor genes"."