{"id":917363,"date":"2026-10-05T20:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T20:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/917363\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T20:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T20:32:09","slug":"university-of-arizona-study-links-y-chromosome-loss-with-cancer-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/917363\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Arizona study links Y chromosome loss with cancer growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cancercenter.arizona.edu\/news\/2026\/09\/study-shows-how-missing-pieces-y-chromosome-drive-cancer-men\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A new study from the University of Arizona<\/a> found cancer cells are selectively targeting and eroding Y chromosomes in men to allow tumor growth.<\/p>\n<p>The loss of the Y chromosome is a common genetic change in aging men, usually found in blood cells. It also occurs in cancer cells.<\/p>\n<p>This was previously thought to be an all-or-nothing event, but researchers at UA found that Y chromosome loss takes place more on a spectrum.<\/p>\n<p>The study found that cancer cells selectively wear down specific gene-rich regions of Y chromosomes, and this helps tumors grow and weakens immune responses.<\/p>\n<p>Y chromosome losses were acquired over time instead of inherited.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers did not find evidence that the same patterns of chromosome deletion were present in healthy subjects.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers say mapping how tumors grow, like through Y chromosome loss, could lead to personalized cancer treatment plans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new study from the University of Arizona found cancer cells are selectively targeting and eroding Y chromosomes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":917364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[64,63,137],"class_list":["post-917363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=917363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/917364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}