Origin of brain tumour discovered
Saturday, May 9, 2009 - 10:35
in Biology & Nature
Glioma is the most common and most serious form of brain tumours that affect adults. It has not yet been determined which specific type of cell in the brain is the source of the tumour, but now a research team at Uppsala University can show that glioma can start from immature support cells. The findings are published in the scientific journal Oncogene...