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Scientists in Catalonia study how a cell becomes cancerous

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A study by Marco Milán’s group published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS) has received attention from several media channels. Performed in the fly Drosophila melanogaster, the study reports on some of the molecular and cellular processes behind the transformation of a healthy cell into a tumour cell. The findings pave the way to understanding the details of the processes described.

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