Spreading Cancer

(Image credit: Eric Bushong)Cancer (green) spreads through a mouse brain. Researchers reporting in the journal Science on Oct. 18 have found that genetic changes to the cancer cells reverts them to stem cells, which can divide continuously.

Green Glioma

(Image credit: Eric Bushong)A glioma, a cancer arising from glial cells, grows in the brain of a mouse.

Cancer Cells

(Image credit: Eric Bushong)A glioma (green) grows in a mouse brain. The glioma cells express a biological marker (in red) indicating their transformation into stem cells.

Tumor in a Mouse Brain

(Image credit: Eric Bushong)A tumor (green) grows in a mouse brain. Researchers found that any type of brain cell can give rise to these tumors.

Glioma

(Image credit: Eric Bushrong)Glioblastomas are the most aggressive and common brain tumors, with an average survival of 14 months after diagnosis. Here, cancer spreads in a mouse brain.