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Inflammation by remote control

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Smouldering beneath many latent tumours is a chronic inflammation that goads pre-malignant cells into becoming full-blown cancer. The spark that kindles these flames comes from an unexpected source.

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Figure 1: Setting up inflammation in skin cancer.

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    Alberto Mantovani

  2. ICH University of Milan, Milan, Italy

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Mantovani, A. Inflammation by remote control. Nature 435, 752–753 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/435752a

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