Cancer cells with extra chromosomes depend on those chromosomes for tumor growth, a new Yale study reveals, and eliminating them prevents the cells from forming tumors. The findings, said the researchers, suggest that selectively targeting extra chromosomes may offer a new route for treating cancer. The study was published July 6 in the journal Science. Human cells typically have 23 pairs of chromosomes; extra chromosomes are an anomaly known as aneuploidy. "If you look at normal skin or normal lung tissue, for example, 99.

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