Sentences with phrase «cancer chromosome abnormalities»

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For the first time, scientists have directly observed events that lead to the formation of a chromosome abnormality that is often found in cancer cells.

Perera's paper in Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention linked the chromosomal aberrations, which were somewhat higher than normal, to air pollution: On average, the higher the hydrocarbons in the mothers» air, the more frequent the abnormalities seen in the infants» chromosomes.

Chromosome mis - segregation leads to aneuploidy, which is the leading cause of miscarriages and chromosomal abnormalities and is also linked to cancer.

Her finding provided one of the first indications that chromosome abnormalities could play a role in cancer.

The Philadelphia chromosome or Philadelphia translocation (Ph) is a specific genetic abnormality in chromosome 22 of leukemia cancer cells (particularly chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) cells).

The discovery of the Philadelphia chromosome, which revolutionized cancer research by making the connection between genetic abnormalities and cancer

Telomeres protect a cell's chromosomes from fusing with each other or rearranging — abnormalities which can lead to cancer — and so cells are normally destroyed when their telomeres are consumed.