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Surprising mechanism for removing dead cells identified: « The system is seemingly spatially tuned to the presence of corpses, and it only functions when each receptor picks up the signal is attuned to. If one of them disappears, the mechanism stops operating. »


The transcription factor SOX9 is overly active in lung, skin, head and neck, and bone cancer.

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