Breast cancer tumour basement membrane (IMAGE)

University of Turku

Breast cancer tumour basement membrane

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Early-stage breast cancer tumours are separated from their environment by a basement membrane that acts as a biological barrier. In the picture, localised cancer tumours (nuclei blue and cells partly red) are surrounded by the basement membrane (green).

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Guillaume Jacquemet, Åbo Akademi

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