Section of Normal Cerebellum (Left), and Cerebellum with Medulloblastoma (Right) (IMAGE)

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Section of Normal Cerebellum (Left), and Cerebellum with Medulloblastoma (Right)

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The medulloblastoma expresses genes normally active in the retina only, including NRL and CRX, which play a role in the formation of the tumor.

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Morgane Morabito / UMR3347 CNRS-Institut Curie-INSERM-Université Paris-Sud

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