How Tumors Behave on Acid
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 20 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news:
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- Acidic environment triggers genes that help cancer cells metastasize.
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Scientists have long known that tumors have many pockets of high acidity, usually found deep within the tumor where little oxygen is available. However, a new study from MIT researchers has found that tumor surfaces are also highly acidic, and that this aci . . .
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- Acidic environment triggers genes that help cancer cells metastasize.
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Scientists have long known that tumors have many pockets of high acidity, usually found deep within the tumor where little oxygen is available. However, a new study from MIT researchers has found that tumor surfaces are also highly acidic, and that this aci . . .