NCI Cancer Center News
Modern cancer therapies start in cells ? researchers compare cancer samples to healthy cells to discover how cancer is genetically different, and use cell lines to test promising new drugs. However, a University of Colorado Cancer Center study published this week in the journal Gynecologic Oncology shows that due to a high rate of contamination, misidentification and redundancy in widely available cell lines, researchers may be drawing faulty conclusions.
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Among the research institutions NCI funds across the United States, it currently designates 66 as Cancer Centers. Largely based in research universities, these facilities are home to many of the NCI-supported scientists who conduct a wide range of intense, laboratory research into cancer?s origins and development. The Cancer Centers Program also focuses on trans-disciplinary research, including population science and clinical research. The centers? research results are often at the forefront of studies in the cancer field.
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