Researchers at NCI Center for Cancer Research have identified extrachromosomal DNA as a major driver of small cell lung cancer, highlighting a novel biomarker and therapeutic target that could be used to eliminate the most aggressive and shapeshifting SCLC cells. The study was published in Cancer Discovery.
After nearly three decades of reviewing NCI-funded extramural projects and sometimes saving NCI from its own folly, the Board of Scientific Advisors has been terminated as part of the Trump administration’s drive to reduce the size of the federal government.
