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Researchers believe that cancer cells use alternative splicing to their advantage.
Scientists believe that by regulating alternative splicing, they could find a way to improve cancer therapies.
DHX8 is a molecule that plays an important role in alternative splicing.
In their research scientists explored human DHX8's structure and what function this structure serves.
Researchers are from the Institute of Cancer Research in London, United Kingdom.
The study was published in Biochemical Journal.