Some Cancer Treatments Cause DNA Mutations in Cells (IMAGE)

Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)

Some Cancer Treatments Cause DNA Mutations in Cells

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These mutations have a characteristic pattern, called a mutational signature. Researchers at IRB Barcelona have identified these genetic footprints and have for the first time been able to calculate the genetic toxicity of some of these treatments.

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Claudia Arnedo, IRB Barcelona.

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