Cells that Avoid Suicide May Become Cancerous
Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 08:28
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- When a cell's chromosomes lose their ends, the cell usually kills itself to stem the genetic damage. But University of Utah biologists discovered how those cells can evade suicide and start down the path to cancer.
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