Sentences with phrase «accumulating additional mutations»
In the absence of the «forgotten strands» DN2a cells fail to mature and ultimately after accumulating additional mutations become malignant T cells also named leukemias or lymphomas.
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Fortunately, experiments done by Dr. Jan Vijg at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and others on mutations (changes in base sequence in DNA) and additional studies commissioned by SENS Research Foundation on epimutations (changes in the arrangement of methyl groups) suggest that these latter kinds of alterations - the kind that accumulate in cells without triggering apoptosis or senescence or contributing to cancer - accumulate too slowly to make a difference with the current lifespan.