{"id":162390,"date":"2023-04-18T02:23:04","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T07:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/extrachromosomal-dna-detection-in-barretts-esophagus-linked-to-cancer-development"},"modified":"2023-04-18T02:23:04","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T07:23:04","slug":"extrachromosomal-dna-detection-in-barretts-esophagus-linked-to-cancer-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/04\/extrachromosomal-dna-detection-in-barretts-esophagus-linked-to-cancer-development","title":{"rendered":"Extrachromosomal DNA detection in Barrett\u2019s esophagus linked to cancer development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/extrachromosomal-dna-detection-in-barretts-esophagus-linked-to-cancer-development2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A multi-institution study that included researchers from Stanford University, the University of California at San Diego, the University of Cambridge, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and others has looked into the development of extrachromosomal DNA in patients with esophageal adenocarcinoma or Barrett\u2019s esophagus.<\/p>\n<p>In the paper, \u201cExtrachromosomal DNA in the cancerous transformation of Barrett\u2019s oesophagus,\u201d published in <i>Nature<\/i>, researchers identify previously unknown aspects of extrachromosomal DNA presence and their potential role in Barrett\u2019s esophagus. David H. Wang has published a News &amp; Views piece in the same journal discussing the study.<\/p>\n<p>Barrett\u2019s esophagus is a pre-cancerous tissue abnormality that affects about 1.6% of the U.S. population. The condition is mostly harmless, defined by cells in the esophagus lining that become more intestinal-like and is frequently associated with heartburn and acid regurgitation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A multi-institution study that included researchers from Stanford University, the University of California at San Diego, the University of Cambridge, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and others has looked into the development of extrachromosomal DNA in patients with esophageal adenocarcinoma or Barrett\u2019s esophagus. In the paper, \u201cExtrachromosomal DNA in the cancerous transformation of Barrett\u2019s oesophagus,\u201d [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162390\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}