Human Glioblastoma Cells (IMAGE)

Uppsala University

Human Glioblastoma Cells

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Brain tumors in dogs are strikingly similar to their human tumor counterparts. In a recent study in the journal PLOS Genetics, researchers at Uppsala University and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences have used genetic analyses in different dog breeds to identify genes that could have a role in the development of brain tumors in both dogs and human.

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Tobias Bergström

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