Tumor suppressor gene in flies may provide insights for human brain tumors

Monday, June 22, 2009 - 11:35 in Biology & Nature

In the fruit fly's developing brain, stem cells called neuroblasts normally divide to create one self-renewing neuroblast and one cell that has a different fate. But neuroblast growth can sometimes spin out of control and become a brain tumor.

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