New multi-disciplinary approach sheds light on the role of mitochondrial DNA mutations in cancer (IMAGE)

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

New multi-disciplinary approach sheds light on the role of mitochondrial DNA mutations in cancer

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Published today in Science Advances, corresponding author Mondira Kundu, MD, PhD, (left) and first author Kelly McCastlain, PhD, (right) St. Jude Department of Cell & Molecular Biology, designed and tested a new method to Identify when mutations arise in mitochondrial DNA, track how they evolve during cancer progression, and determine if they influence cancer cell behavior.

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