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Transmitochondrial Cybrid Generation Using Cancer Cell Lines
Published on: March 17, 2023
[Is cancer a transmittable disease?]
Jorge Meléndez-Zajgla1, Vilma Maldonado
1Laboratorio de Biología Molecular, Subdirección de Investigación Básica, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Tlalpan, México, DF, México.
Abstract:
A direct, horizontal and natural transmission of neoplasic cells has only recently been accepted by the biomedical community. There are three known examples in mammals: the Tasmanian Devil Tumor Disease, the Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumor and a similar disease in Sirian Hamsters. These diseases are not anecdotic cases only, but provide support for the cancer clonal evolution hypothesis.
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