CELLS THAT AVOID SUICIDE MAY BECOME CANCEROUS
October 01, 2008
October 01, 2008
SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 1 -- The University of Utah issued the following news release:
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.
Details of how the process works someday may provide new ways to treat cancer.
The new study of fruit flies is the first to show in animals that losing . . .
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.
Details of how the process works someday may provide new ways to treat cancer.
The new study of fruit flies is the first to show in animals that losing . . .