By How do 90 percent of advanced-stage melanomas (skin cancers) break through the blood-brain barrier and cause metastases in the brain? That was the question perplexing Tel Aviv University cancer biologist Prof. Ronit Satchi-Fainaro. “This is a puzzling statistic,” noted Satchi-Fainaro. “We expect to see metastases in the lungs and liver, but the brain is supposed to be a protected […]

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