The 30 trillion cells in our bodies harbor a lot of potentially dangerous DNA mutations but most will never grow a tumor. The protective strategies our bodies use to stave off tumor growth in the face of inevitable mutations could help researchers uncover new ways to prevent or treat cancer, if they're willing to look.
Our bodies are continually preventing cancer. The different strategies they use to keep mutated cells from turning cancerous, or keep cancer cells in check, could help us develop new ways to prevent or cure cancer.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center postdoc Dr. Siqi Li received a prestigious Damon Runyon Fellowship to study how mutated and normal cells interact to affect tumor development.