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Mapping the cancer cell states conserved across solid tumors

A new study uses single-cell and spatial transcriptomics to provide a systematic characterization of the recurrent gene-expression programs that control neoplastic cell states in diverse cancers.

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Fig. 1: Distinct combinations of gene modules can be adopted by cancer cells in the tumor microenvironment.

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Roden, D., Swarbrick, A. Mapping the cancer cell states conserved across solid tumors. Nat Genet 54, 1066–1067 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-022-01151-7

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