References & Sources

Add three genes, get one cancer cell

Three simple genetic changes are enough to make a human cell cancerous.

References:

Hahn, W.C. . . . and R.A. Weinberg. 1999. Creation of human tumour cells with defined genetic elements. Nature 400(July 29):464.

Sources:

Robert A. Weinberg
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
9 Cambridge Center
Cambridge, MA 02142

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 9, August 28, 1999, p. 139. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.