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RNA snippet suppresses spread of aggressive breast cancer

In mice, the loss of microRNA miR-31 allows cancer cells to spread to the lungs more easily than cancer cells with miR-31. The edge of the cancer tumors lacking miR-31 are also less defined than tumors containing cells with higher levels of miR-31.

Image: Slides of cells with and without miR-31

 

Image: Scott Valastyan/Whitehead

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