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 »