La metilación fluctuante del ADN rastrea la evolución del cáncer a escala clínica

Calum Gabbutt1,2,3, Martí Duran-Ferrer4,5, Heather E Grant6

  • 1Centre for Evolution and Cancer, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK. c.gabbutt@imperial.ac.uk.

Nature
|September 10, 2025
PubMed
Resumen

Los científicos desarrollaron EVOFLUX, un nuevo método que utiliza la metilación del ADN para rastrear la evolución del cáncer. Este enfoque cuantifica las tasas de crecimiento del tumor y la edad de la malignidad, ofreciendo nuevos conocimientos sobre la biología y el pronóstico del cáncer.

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