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Mutagenesis and transformation of normal cells by chemical carcinogens

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TREATMENT of normal cells1–6 or some established cell lines7 in culture with chemical carcinogens can result in cell transformation and malignancy. Cells which have an oriented pattern of cell growth, a limited life span in vitro and are not tumorogenic in vivo, are then converted into cells with a hereditary random pattern of cell growth, an ability to grow continuously in culture and to form tumours in vivo. Studies with a variety of polycyclic hydrocarbons and other chemicals have shown a correlation between the frequency of colonies with a hereditary random pattern of cell growth (transformed colonies) and the degree of carcinogenicity in animals2,6,7.

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    ELIEZER HUBERMAN, RIVKA MAGER & LEO SACHS

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HUBERMAN, E., MAGER, R. & SACHS, L. Mutagenesis and transformation of normal cells by chemical carcinogens. Nature 264, 360–361 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/264360a0

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