Refusal Of Suicide Order: Why Tumor Cells Become Resistant

Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 12:28 in Health & Medicine

Cells with irreparable DNA damage normally induce programmed cell death, or apoptosis. However, this mechanism often fails in tumor cells so that transformed cells are able to multiply and spread throughout the body. Scientists have now discovered a possible cause of this failure.

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