Douglas Steinberg | Mar 14, 2004 | 6 min read
THE TRIPLETS OF CELLVILLE:(Reprinted with permission from G.A. Pihan et al., Cancer Res, 63: 1398–404, 2003)When stained with a biotinylated probe specific for the chromosome 8 centromere, diploid cells from normal human uterine cervix (A), breast (C), and prostate (E) tissue show two signals. Aneuploid cells from carcinoma tissues in situ (B, D, and F) each have three or more signals.About 70 scientists recently attended an invitation-only California premiere tinged with controversy. But