How Do Cancer Cells Differ from Normal Cells? In normal cells, hundreds of genes intricately control the process of cell division. Normal growth requires a balance between the activity of those ...

And to tailor therapies to individual tumours we need to understand the fundamental differences, not only between a cancer cell and a 'normal' cell, but also between one cancer cell and another.

When these switches were applied to colon cancer cells, the cells reverted to a normal-like state. These results were then confirmed by molecular and cellular experiments performed on animal subjects.