Creation of Tumor Cells

Scientist working at lab bench
1999
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Human epithelial and fibroblast cells are transformed into tumor cells for the first time in a laboratory. This was accomplished by the coexpression of telomerase (hTERT), the simian virus 40 large-T oncoprotein, and an oncogenic allele of H-RAS.1

  • 1 Hahn W.C., et al. "Creation of Tumor Cells With Defined Genetic Elements." Nature. 400 (1999): 464-468. [PUBMED]