Mutations in different cells cooperate to set the stage for cancer

Thursday, January 14, 2010 - 00:28 in Biology & Nature

Cancer biologists have long known that it takes the cooperation of multiple cancer-causing genes to cause cancer. Now researchers have shown that the cooperating mutations can occur in neighboring cells. Stress induces signals that cause cells to develop into tumors, researchers have discovered.

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