Booby Trap: Cancer Gene Spurs Production of DNA-Assaulting Chemicals That Alert and Defuse Rescue Molecule

    Christie Aschwanden
    Studysummary This study suggests that the oncogene c-Myc can induce DNA damage by increasing reactive oxygen species, potentially overriding p53 and contributing to genetic instability in cancer cells.
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