These included 4 cancer cell lines (from melanoma, Ewing sarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, and colon cancer) and 4 cell lines generated from normal tissues, specifically GM12878, a lymphoblastoid cell line, AC16, a cardiomyocyte cell line, BJ-TERT immortalized fibroblasts, and HEK293T cells17. Here, TERT is linked to malignant colon neoplasm.