Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Why premature cell division promotes cancers

The accumulation of mutations in the human genome is at the origin of cancers, as well as the development of resistance to treatments. The Cyclin E and Myc genes are active in the control of cell division. Biologists show that precocious entry of the genome into the replication phase leads to molecular collisions occurring on the DNA and induces new mutations.
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