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Tackling tumor complexity with single-cell proteomics

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The development of mass spectrometry-based single-cell proteomics technologies opens unique opportunities to understand the functional crosstalk between cells that drive tumor development.

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Fig. 1: Single-cell proteomics of tumor samples.

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I acknowledge funding from the Israel Science Foundation–Israel Personalized Medicine Program (grant no. 3495/19) and Horizon Europe ERC-CoG (ProACCT grant no. 101044574).

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Geiger, T. Tackling tumor complexity with single-cell proteomics. Nat Methods 20, 324–326 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-023-01784-4

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