Cancer cells with a long breath: seeking the origin of brain tumors in children
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 13:35
in Health & Medicine
Medulloblastoma is one of the most common and most malignant brain tumours among children and teenagers. These tumours grow very rapidly, and fifty percent of patients in the long term die from the condition. The details of the processes that lead to the growth of these tumours have remained unknown until now.
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