Neuroblastoma cells under the microscope (IMAGE)

Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Neuroblastoma cells under the microscope

Caption

Neuroblastoma cancer cells before (left) and after (right) chemotherapy. The black threads are the cell's internal scaffolding, which breaks apart during treatment. This damage should kill the cell, but resistant cancers can ignore signals to die – a discovery that led the research team to find alternative drugs that can bypass this resistance.

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Garvan Institute

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