Cancer Genes in The New York Times
Gina Kolata of The New York Times has a three-page feature story on cancer genetics and treatment - Slowly, Cancer Genes Tender Their Secrets.
Other genetic diseases may involve one or two genetic changes. In cancer, scores of genes are mutated or duplicated and huge chunks of genetic material are rearranged. With cancer cells, said Dr. William Hahn, an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, “it looks like someone has thrown a bomb in the nucleus.”
In other genetic diseases, gene alterations disable cells. In cancer, genetic changes give cells a sort of superpower.
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