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Friday 19 October 2012

5 COLOURFUL BUT DEADLY IMAGES OF BRAIN CANCER


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Colourful But Deadly: Images of Brain Cancer
By Stephanie Pappas,
Live Science, 18 October 2012.

1. Spreading Cancer
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Cancer (green) spreads through a mouse brain. Researchers reporting
in the journal Science on Oct. 18 have found that genetic changes to
the cancer cells reverts them to stem cells, which can divide
continuously.

2. Green Glioma
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A glioma, a cancer arising from glial cells, grows in the brain of
a mouse.

3. Cancer Cells
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A glioma (green) grows in a mouse brain. The glioma cells express a
biological marker (in red) indicating their transformation into stem cells.

4. Tumour in a Mouse Brain
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A tumour (green) grows in a mouse brain. Researchers found that any type of
brain cell can give rise to these tumours.

5. Glioma
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Glioblastomas are the most aggressive and common brain tumours, with an
average survival of 14 months after diagnosis. Here, cancer spreads in a
mouse brain.

[Source: Live Science. Edited.]


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