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The mechanisms by which asbestos fibers induce cancer are unknown. This is attributable in part to the lack of an in vitro system to study the process of asbestos-induced neoplastic transformation. We have recently reported that mineral dusts induce the morphological transformation of Syrian hamster embryo cells in culture (Hesterberg and Barrett 1984). Others have also shwon induction of cell transformation by asbestos (DiPaolo et al. 1983; Lechner et al., this volume; Patérour et al., this volume).
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Hesterberg, T.W., Oshimura, M., Barrett, J.C. (1985). Transformation of Mammalian Cells in Culture by Asbestos and Other Mineral Dusts: A Mechanism Involving Chromosomal Mutation. In: Beck, E.G., Bignon, J. (eds) In Vitro Effects of Mineral Dusts. NATO ASI Series, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70630-1_23
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