Mouse Livers (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Mouse Livers

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Left to right: 1) healthy mouse liver, 2) liver deficient for Shp2, 3) liver deficient for Pten, 4) liver deficient for both Shp2 and Pten. Tumors are visible in 3) and are even more prominent in 4), where both enzymes are lacking.

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Gen-Sheng Feng, UC San Diego Health

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