Monthly Archives: July 2011

Are cancers new species?

There is a very interesting article suggesting that cancers may actually be new species.  In this study, chromosomal probes specific for each chromosome in a human cell are matched against chromosomes found in human cancers.  In Figure 8 of this … Continue reading

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