Pseudogenes are dysfunctional copies of protein-coding genes that have lost their ability to encode amino acids through the accumulation of deleterious mutations such as in-frame stop codons and frame ...

Cancer stem cells (CSCs), a critical subpopulation within tumors, drive cancer initiation, progression, metastasis, relapse, and resistance to therapy due to their innate capacity for self-renewal and ...

Pseudogene expression in cancer is very specific to the tissue and type of tumor, and their function varies. Some pseudogenes act as tumor suppressors while others are associated with tumorigenesis ...