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Cancer cells hijack nerve cells to storm through the brain

Cells of the deadly tumour glioblastoma hasten their advance by turning neurons to their advantage.
Pink and purple coloured scanning electron micrograph of a cancerous cell from a glioblastoma

Glioblastoma cells (example pictured, artificially coloured) can make proteins that mimic those made by brain cells. Credit: Steve Gschmeissner/SPL

Cancer cells can accelerate their spread through the brain by hijacking normal brain cells1.

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Nature 608, 242 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-02098-9

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  1. Venkataramani, V. et al. Cell 185, 2899–2917 (2022).

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