Brain Cancer Development (IMAGE)

McGill University

Brain Cancer Development

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For the first time, researchers detected what they describe as a progenitor glioblastoma stem cell (GSC) -- a cell type from which all other cancer cells develop. They showed a cellular hierarchical organization to the cancer which originates from progenitor GSCs.

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The Neuro

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