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But other researchers say that most basal cell carcinomas do not develop at the sites of injury, so the finding is of limited significance. 'This is certainly not a major mechanism underlying basal cell carcinoma formation in humans,' says Sabine Werner, a cell biologist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.
But Werner acknowledges that the study does demonstrate a note-worthy principle. 'It may well be that mobilization of cells with oncogenic mutations to other sites -- in particular to sites with a pro-tumorigenic micro-environment, such as wounds -- could trigger tumorigenesis. This is the most interesting finding of this manuscript,' she says.1. Can we please make stem cell research a priority?
2. As always, fuck cancer. Just ... fuck it.