“Rogue” DNA Rings Expose Brain Cancer’s Earliest Secrets

Scientists have uncovered how rogue DNA rings may help spark glioblastoma at its earliest stages. An international research team has shown that rogue rings of DNA that exist outside chromosomes, called extrachromosomal DNA, or ecDNA, can drive the growth of many glioblastomas, the most common and most aggressive brain cancer in adults. The results point [...]