When such multiple genetic changes occur before or early after conception, they may inform scientists about fundamental knowledge underlying many diseases. (sciencedaily.com)
Cell fusion has been postulated as a possible cause for some cancers because it could explain the occurrence of multiple genetic changes thought to underlie cancer. (sciencedaily.com)
September 27, 2000 Prions may play crucial role in evolution Prions, abnormally folded proteins associated with several bizarre human diseases, may hold the key to a major mystery in evolution — how survival skills that require multiple genetic changes arise all at once when each genetic change by itself would be unsuccessful and even harmful. (uchospitals.edu)