Neurotransmitter That Helps Cancers Progress (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Neurotransmitter That Helps Cancers Progress

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Using human cancer cells, tumor and blood samples from cancer patients, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have uncovered the role of a neurotransmitter in the spread of aggressive cancers. Neurotransmitters are chemical 'messengers' that transmit impulses from neurons to other target cells.

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Anne Le

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