basal
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As GATA6 levels drop, cancer cells lose their organized structure, shift toward the more aggressive basal state, and become much less responsive to chemotherapy.
From Science Daily • Mar. 3, 2026
Non-melanoma cancers like basal and squamous cell are more common but usually less likely to spread or be fatal, he said.
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025
They detached from the ventricular zone more often and were more likely to become basal progenitor cells instead.
From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025
Ramsay announced earlier this week that he had basal cell carcinoma removed from his jaw in an Instagram post.
From Salon • Sep. 2, 2025
“That’s what you call a basal thermometer. It reads the temperature down to a tenth of a degree.”
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Vocabulary lists containing basal
The Lives of a Cell
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On the Origin of Species
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
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