Understanding the Effects of Extrachromosomal DNA on Cancer

The Scientist Speaks by thescientistspeaks

May 29, 202421:05Science & Medicine

In the 1960s, researchers in England noticed an anomaly when investigating chromosomes from surgically removed human tumors. Distinct from the intact chromosomes visible underneath the microscope were numerous “very smal...

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