Replies to post #145832 on Biotech Values

[biomaven0]

Here's the abstract:

http://www.cell.com/abstract/S0092-8674(12)00777-5

Peter

[oldberkeley]

Very interesting, always trying to learn.

Is the study basically saying that as we grow older many—if not most—of our stem cells mutate, but only a very few of them become cancers?

Is this related in any way to Vin & Genisi's spirited discussion about SNPs vs. mutations?