Bacterial DNA may integrate into human genome more readily in tumor tissue

Friday, June 21, 2013 - 13:30 in Biology & Nature

Bacterial DNA may integrate into the human genome more readily in tumors than in normal human tissue, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed genomic sequencing data available from the Human Genome Project, the 1,000 Genomes Project and The Cancer Genome Atlas. They considered the phenomenon of lateral gene transfer, the transmission of genetic material between organisms in the absence of sex.

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