metastasis
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"This could suggest that, to develop treatments for pancreatic cancer metastasis, the gene may not need to be entirely shut down to have a positive effect," says Feinberg.
From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026
This early nerve invasion raises the risk of metastasis and is closely tied to how aggressive the disease becomes.
From Science Daily • Jan. 30, 2026
"By building the right immune infrastructure inside tumors, we can potentiate the patient's own defenses -- both T cell and B cell arms -- against cancer growth, relapse, and metastasis."
From Science Daily • Oct. 15, 2025
When the mice were systemically exposed to melanoma cells to mimic metastasis, none of the nanoparticle-vaccinated mice developed lung tumors, while every other mouse did.
From Science Daily • Oct. 13, 2025
Stanzas we were at first profane enough to attribute to Metastasio, but afterwards found that it was only the metastasis of his metre adapted to the use of the church.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 by Various
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Cell Biology - Middle School
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Cell Biology - High School
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