Fly gene may aid human brain tumor studies
Thursday, June 25, 2009 - 15:14
in Biology & Nature
SINGAPORE, June 25 (UPI) -- U.S. and Singaporean scientists say a protein found in a fruit fly's brain, with a counterpart in mammals, can apparently prevent brain tumors from forming.
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