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Instead of looking at the tumour as a whole, individual analysis of its many different cells is providing insight into cancer progression and the mechanisms underlying treatment resistance.

Since being discovered in the 1950s, experiments on HeLa cells have played a role in developing advances like the polio and COVID-19 vaccines, treatments for cancer, HIV, AIDS, and much more.

While researchers understand how cancer cells escape the primary site to seed ... while others remain in a state of suspended ...

In mice, blocking nerve function inhibited cancer growth and increased the sensitivity of tumor cells to certain chemotherapies and immunotherapies. For several years, scientists have been ...

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