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Detritus From Cancer Cells May Infect Healthy Cells

Posted by samzenpus on from the one-bad-cell dept.

bmahersciwriter writes Tiny bubbles of cell membrane — called exosomes — are shed by most cells. Long thought to be mere trash, researchers had recently noticed that they often contain short, regulatory RNA molecules, suggesting that exosomes may be one way that cells communicate with one another. Now, it appears that RNA in the exosomes shed by tumor cells can get into healthy cells and 'transform' them, putting them on the path to becoming cancerous themselves.

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  1. Long thought to be mere trash by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    By who? Idiots? Why are the biological sciences filled with pretentious arrogant twats who are unable to grasp the fundamental information processing nature of chemistry?

    Yeah, guess what, that molecule is a snippet of code you dumbfuck!

    And since you clearly understand neither the architecture or the opcodes, how can you assume what is trash and what isn't?

    Fucknuts!