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Tumour cells on neighbourhood watch

The discovery of microtube structures that link tumour cells in some invasive brain tumours reveals how these cancers spread, and how they resist treatment. See Article p.93

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Figure 1: A network of neighbours.

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Sontheimer, H. Tumour cells on neighbourhood watch. Nature 528, 49–50 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature15649

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