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01.10.2012 German Cancer Research Centre

Many tumor cells have a defective cellular equipment. It is only by a special trick that they manage to distribute their chromosomes correctly to their daughter cells during cell division. Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have now developed a substance that thwarts this trick and forces cancer cells into death during cell division. The group has now reported their results in the journal Cancer Research.

Making cell division impossible: Optimized substance forces cancer cells into death

Many tumor cells have a defective cellular equipment. It is only by a special trick that they manage to distribute their chromosomes correctly to their daughter cells during cell division. Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have now developed a substance that thwarts this trick and forces cancer cells into death during cell division. The group has now reported their results in the journal Cancer Research.

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