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CANCER RESEARCH UK-funded scientists have discovered that skin cancer can spread to the lungs when a gene in an important cell communication pathway is blocked. The research is published in Cancer Cell. CANCER RESEARCH UK-funded scientists have discovered that skin cancer can spread to the lungs when a gene in an important cell communication pathway is blocked. The research is published in Cancer Cell.

by Cancer Research UK | News | 6 January 2011

6 January 2011

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Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered how tumours may spread throughout the peripheral nervous system - by mimicking signals given out when nerves are repaired, reveals research published in Cell. Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered how tumours may spread throughout the peripheral nervous system - by mimicking signals given out when nerves are repaired, reveals research published in Cell.

by Cancer Research UK | News | 23 September 2010

23 September 2010

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Scientists have pinpointed key changes to the telomeres in the cells of leukaemia patients which could play a crucial role in the earliest stages of the disease, according to research published online in the journal Blood. Scientists have pinpointed key changes to the telomeres in the cells of leukaemia patients which could play a crucial role in the earliest stages of the disease, according to research published online in the journal Blood.

by Cancer Research UK | News | 10 June 2010

10 June 2010

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CANCER RESEARCH UK scientists have used a cutting edge microscopy technique to identify genes whose activity could be blocked by drugs to stop the spread of the breast cancer. The research is published in Nature Cell Biology. CANCER RESEARCH UK scientists have used a cutting edge microscopy technique to identify genes whose activity could be blocked by drugs to stop the spread of the breast cancer. The research is published in Nature Cell Biology.

by Cancer Research UK | News | 18 October 2009

18 October 2009