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Nature 400, 401-402 (29 July 1999) | doi:10.1038/22637

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Rebuilding the road to cancer

Jonathan B. Weitzman1 & Moshe Yaniv1

After more than 15 years of trying, researchers have managed to convert normal human cells into tumour cells in a culture dish. This achievement should help identify new players in tumour formation, and develop treatments that target them.

  1. Jonathan B. Weitzman and Moshe Yaniv are in the Unité des Virus Oncogènes, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.
    e-mails: Email: jonnyw@pasteur.fr Email: yaniv@pasteur.fr