Rogue DNA rings may be the secret spark driving deadly brain cancer

An international team of scientists has revealed how rogue rings of DNA that float outside of our chromosomes — known as extrachromosomal DNA, or ecDNA — can drive the growth of a large proportion of glioblastomas, the most common and aggressive adult brain cancer. The discovery could open the door to much-needed new approaches to diagnose glioblastoma early, track its progress and treat it more effectively.

The findings, published on September 8 in Cancer Discovery, are the first to…

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