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Mon 3 May, 2010 09:12 pm
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The consequences of such widespread LTR activation are currently still unclear, according to the study's authors. Such processes could potentially activate other genes involved in tumour development. It could also affect the stability of chromosomes of lymphoma cells, a factor that may explain why Hodgkin-/Reed Sternberg cells gain many chromosomal abnormalities over time and become more and more malignant.
@oristarA,
'it' doesn't seem to have a clear antecedent, does it, Ori?
The author might be viewing 'the consequence
s/the processe
s' as
something within these processes could also ...