Starr collaboration illuminates mysterious pathway to immortality in cancer cells

Tuesday, July 24, 2012 - 16:40 in Biology & Nature

A detailed analysis of a large panel of so-called ALT cell lines shows that they frequently undergo chromosomal changes and are impaired in their ability to detect and repair damage in their DNA. The work suggests a mechanism by which 10 to 15 percent of human cancers develop. More »

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