'Death clock' in cells counts down to cancer

• Autores: Helen Thomson
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3047, 2015, pág. 11
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Each tick of the clock is a DNA mutation, and these build up at a constant rate throughout one's life. The discovery will give people a deeper understanding of the causes of cancer, and an insight into healthy aging. Not only that, but if one could slow the rate at which the clock tick, it might be possible to alter the rate at which cancer spreads--and even the rate at which one age. Every cell in the body contains DNA, which acquires gene mutations over time. Here, Thomson talks about the cell in the human body.