A population of breast cancer cells (IMAGE)

National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

A population of breast cancer cells

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Altruistic cells (in more intense fluorescent green, marked by their high expression of a small-non-coding RNA miR-125b) and their surrounding non-altruistic counterparts in a population of breast cancer cells. All cancer cells are marked by a cell membrane dye that fluoresces red.

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NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

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