Albert Herms

@albertherms.bsky.social

Epithelial cell competition. Environment and mutational landscape. Tumor initiation. 3D cultures. Metabolism. Lipid droplets. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Albert-Herms https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2999-8196

Resharing here a recent X post. In this preprint, we introduce an improved version of NanoSeq, a duplex sequencing protocol with <5 errors per billion bp in single DNA molecules, and use it to study the somatic mutation landscape of oral epithelium in >1000 people. 1/ www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Somatic mutation and selection at epidemiological scale

As we age, many tissues become colonised by microscopic clones carrying somatic driver mutations ([1][1]–[10][2]. Some of these clones represent a first step towards cancer whereas others may contribu...

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