Figure 1. The creation of the world's fastest mouse model of cancer development (IMAGE)

Kobe University

Figure 1. The creation of the world's fastest mouse model of cancer development

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This research group developed mice with MOB1 deletions in their tongues through Tamoxifen application. Seven days after the drug application, approximately a third of the mice developed early onset head-and-neck cancer (intraepithelial tongue cancer), with all mice developing it by day 14. By day 28, all mice had invasive tongue cancer, making this the world's fastest model of cancer development in mice.

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