Cancer cells can ignore the signals that tell them to self destruct. So they don't undergo apoptosis when they should. Scientists call this making cells immortal.
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Immortality is a common characteristic of cancers, but its origin and purpose are still unclear. Here we advance a karyotypic theory of immortality based on ...
Jun 28, 2018 · Cancers become immortal by reversing the normal telomere shortening process and instead lengthen their telomeres. Barthel, who works with ...
Normal cells are mortal because telomeres shorten at each division. Immortal cancer cells express the enzyme telomerase that prevents shortening. Recently, it ...
Mar 3, 2021 · Cancer cells have been described as immortal because, unlike normal cells, they don't age and die, but instead can continue to multiply ...
Nov 10, 2022 · How cancer cells can become immortal – research finds a mutated gene that helps melanoma defeat the normal limits on repeated replication.
These cells have now lived three times longer than normal in the lab, and they are still going strong. But because cancer cells contain telomerase and also live ...
Among the important scientific discoveries of the last century was the first immortal human cell line known as “HeLa” — a remarkably durable and prolific ...
HeLa is an immortalized cell line used in scientific research. It is the oldest human cell line and one of the most commonly used. HeLa cells are durable ...
Jan 31, 2023 · Novel drug that targets cell immortality may improve effects of existing cancer therapies. UChicago cancer biologists have demonstrated TERT ...