Most cancer cells grown in a dish have little in common with cancer cells in people

(Johns Hopkins Medicine) In a bid to find or refine laboratory research models for cancer that better compare with what happens in living people, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists report they have developed a new computer-based technique showing that human cancer cells grown in culture dishes are the least genetically similar to their human sources.
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news