Jul 02 2025SCIENCE
How Brain Tumors Use a Tricky Protein to Grow and Spread
Glioblastoma is a scary brain cancer. People with it usually don't live more than a year and a half after they're diagnosed. Scientists are trying to figure out how to fight it. One protein, called Connexin43 (Cx43), is tricky. It can do good things, like stopping tumors from growing. But in glioblastoma, it can also do bad things, like helping the cancer grow and s...
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