Study: Agressive Cancer Can Be Treated by Targeting Rogue DNA

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Nov 07, 2024

Above: Radiologist Fredric Pedulla shows a nodule on a lung scan of a smoking person for the Acapulco experimentation in Ajaccio on December 16, 2021, on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica. Image copyright: Pascal Pochard-Casabianca/Contributor/AFP via Getty Imagesstory last updated Nov 07, 2024

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Researchers from the UK and UK have found that treating the most agreesive cancers should focus on targeting extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA), which are rogue DNA fragments that help canerous trumors flourish and become chemotherapy-resistant.