Brain tumor growth linked to lowered expression of hundreds of immune function genes

Monday, April 26, 2010 - 13:00 in Health & Medicine

A new study links progression of a lethal type of brain tumor with reduced expression of more than 600 immune system genes, suggesting how complex the immune response is to the cancer and the resulting difficulty in targeting specific immune system proteins for treatment.

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