A Clear Difference (IMAGE)

Brown University

A Clear Difference

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Dysregulation of the protein CHI3L1 allows melanoma (black specks) to spread to the lungs of mice. CHI3L1 was relatively unchecked in the lung on the right, compared to the lung on the left, which had much less spread of the cancer.

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Elias lab/Brown University

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