What happens to cancer cells arriving in the brain (IMAGE)

Nagoya University

What happens to cancer cells arriving in the brain

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Study identifies two proteins that cancer seed cells use to avoid destruction by microglia when first arriving in the brain. Genetically removing these proteins revealed microglia's key role in eliminating cancer cells during early invasion.

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Kano Okada, Nagoya University

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