RPTU Researchers Uncover Key Molecular Mechanisms in Cancer Cells
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Cancer cells have special adaptation mechanisms that allow them to proliferate despite changes in their genetic makeup. Researchers at RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau, Southwest Germany, have now helped to elucidate the molecular mechanisms involved. The findings could be an important milestone in the development of targeted cancer therapies.
The nucleus of every human cell contains chromosomes - 23 pairs, to be exact. These carry our genetic material, known as the genome, and are composed of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and proteins.
DNA stores genetic information and is therefore central to the inheritance of traits. Chromosomal changes can have serious consequences for the affected cells, including the development of cancer.
How such changes can occur and what exactly the consequences are, is the focus of the research of Professor Zuzana Storchová, Head of the Molecular Genetics Department at RPTU.
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