Where DNA's copy machine pauses, cancer could be next
Monday, May 5, 2014 - 15:31
in Biology & Nature
Each time a human cell divides, it must first make a copy of its 46 chromosomes to serve as an instruction manual for the new cell. Normally, this process goes off without a hitch. But from time to time, the information isn't copied and collated properly, leaving gaps or breaks that the cell has to carefully combine back together.