Dr. Darko Barisic

illustration of DNA wrapped around a protein complex

A Unifying Mechanism for Cancer-Driving Mutations

October 28, 2026

A family of mutations seen in about 20% of human cancers drives malignancy by changing the accessibility of genes to a particular regulatory protein, according to a study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

Dr. Cem Meydan
Dr. Darko Barisic
Graduate School of Medical Sciences
Hematology/Medical Oncology
Research
Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center
Systems and Computational Biomedicine
News from WCM

Dr. Cem Meydan, Dr. Darko Barisic, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Hematology/Medical Oncology, Research, Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, Systems and Computational Biomedicine, News from WCM