Spatial biology of cancer evolution

Z Seferbekova, A Lomakin, LR Yates… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The natural history of cancers can be understood through the lens of evolution given that the
driving forces of cancer development are mutation and selection of fitter clones. Cancer …

[HTML][HTML] The translational challenges of precision oncology

O Pich, C Bailey, TBK Watkins, S Zaccaria… - Cancer Cell, 2022 - cell.com
The translational challenges in the field of precision oncology are in part related to the
biological complexity and diversity of this disease. Technological advances in genomics …

[HTML][HTML] Clonal dynamics of haematopoiesis across the human lifespan

E Mitchell, M Spencer Chapman, N Williams… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Age-related change in human haematopoiesis causes reduced regenerative capacity,
cytopenias, immune dysfunction and increased risk of blood cancer,–, but the reason for …

Calibration-free, high-precision, and robust terahertz ultrafast metasurfaces for monitoring gastric cancers

J Lou, Y Jiao, R Yang, Y Huang, X Xu… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Optical sensors, with great potential to convert invisible bioanalytical response into readable
information, have been envisioned as a powerful platform for biological analysis and early …

scNanoHi-C: a single-cell long-read concatemer sequencing method to reveal high-order chromatin structures within individual cells

W Li, J Lu, P Lu, Y Gao, Y Bai, K Chen, X Su, M Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The high-order three-dimensional (3D) organization of regulatory genomic elements
provides a topological basis for gene regulation, but it remains unclear how multiple …

Addressing the benefits of inhibiting APOBEC3-dependent mutagenesis in cancer

M Petljak, AM Green, J Maciejowski, MD Weitzman - Nature genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Mutational signatures associated with apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme catalytic
polypeptide-like (APOBEC) 3 cytosine deaminase activity have been found in over half of …

Aristolochic acid-associated cancers: a public health risk in need of global action

S Das, S Thakur, M Korenjak, VS Sidorenko… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Aristolochic acids (AAs) are a group of naturally occurring compounds present in many plant
species of the Aristolochiaceae family. Exposure to AA is a significant risk factor for severe …

Genomic alterations driving precancerous to cancerous lesions in esophageal cancer development

J Chang, X Zhao, Y Wang, T Liu, C Zhong, Y Lao… - Cancer Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) develops through a series of increasingly
abnormal precancerous lesions. Previous studies have revealed the striking differences …

Cellular barcoding to decipher clonal dynamics in disease

VG Sankaran, JS Weissman, LI Zon - Science, 2022 - science.org
Cellular barcodes are distinct DNA sequences that enable one to track specific cells across
time or space. Recent advances in our ability to detect natural or synthetic cellular barcodes …

[HTML][HTML] Accelerating the understanding of cancer biology through the lens of genomics

D Wang, B Liu, Z Zhang - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
A core mission of cancer genomics is to comprehensively chart molecular underpinnings of
cancer-driving events and to provide personalized therapeutic strategies. Primarily focused …