Study offers new theory of cancer development Researchers have devised a way to understand patterns of aneuploidy -- an abnormal number of chromosomes -- in tumors and predict which genes in the affected chromosomes are likely to be cancer suppressors or promoters. They propose that aneuploidy is a driver of cancer rather than a result of it.
Nov. 1, 2013 - Science Daily
A Constellation in the Chaos of Cancer Chromosomes New evidence suggests that aneuploidy patterns of chromosome deletion or amplification that are recurrent among tumors actually represent a driving force during tumor evolution and are very frequent in cancer.
Nov. 1, 2013 - Newswise
HHMI News New evidence suggests that aneuploidy patterns of chromosome deletion or amplification that are recurrent among tumors actually represent a driving force during tumor evolution and are very frequent in cancer.
Oct. 31, 2013 - Howard Hughes Medical Institute