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How do adult stem cells protect themselves from accumulating genetic mutations that can lead to cancer?

April 26, 2017accumulating Adult cancer genetic lead mutations protect stem cells

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How do adult stem cells protect themselves from accumulating genetic mutations that can lead to cancer?

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For more than three decades, many scientists have argued that the “immortal strand hypothesis” – which states that adult stem cells segregate their DNA in a non-random manner during cell division — explains it. And several recent reports have presented evidence backing the idea.