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When heat casts a spell on the DNA damage checkpoints

Peregrine Laziosi (1265–1345), an Italian priest, became the patron saint of cancer patients when the tumour in his left leg miraculously disappeared after he developed a fever. Elevated body temperature can cause tumours to regress and sensitizes cancer cells to agents that break DNA. Why hyperther...

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Autores principales: Turner, Thomas, Caspari, Thomas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3971410/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24621867
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsob.140008