Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Understanding How Brain Tumors Invade

Scientists have pinpointed a protein that allows brain tumors to invade healthy brain tissue, according to work published this week in the Journal of Experimental Medicine*. 40% of a common but deadly type of brain tumor - called glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) - have mutations in a gene that encodes a protein called epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)...





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