Fruit flies provide new knowledge about uninhibited cell growth
Friday, April 27, 2012 - 17:30
in Biology & Nature
Scientists show that a specific type of carbohydrate plays an important role in the intercellular signaling that controls the growth and development of the nervous system. In particular, defects in that carbohydrate may result in the uninhibited cell growth that characterizes the genetic disease neurofibromatosis and certain types of cancer.