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December 13, 2005
Marc I. Damelin, PhD (Damon Runyon Fellow '03-'06) has identified a characteristic of stem cells that may reveal an early step in carcinogenesis. Dr. Damelin's research shows that stem cells are susceptible to a specific error during cell division that results in severe damage to chromosome structure and increases genomic instability. These findings were published in the journal Cancer Cell.