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Evolutionary principles used to model cancer mutations, discover potential therapeutic targets
Moffitt Cancer Center researchers are taking a unique approach to understanding and investigating cancer by utilizing evolutionary principles and computational modeling to examine the role of specific genetic mutations in the Darwinian struggle among tumor and normal cells during cancer growth. Cells become malignant by acquiring genetic mutations that lead to increased survival and reproduction. […]
High-altitude weight loss may have an evolutionary advantage
Weight loss at high altitudes — something universally experienced by climbers and people who move to higher terrain — may not be a detrimental effect, but rather is likely an evolutionarily-programmed adaptation, according to a new article in BioEssays. Researchers explain that low oxygen causes fat and protein to be broken down, leading to the […]