Fruit flies yield clues on cancerous tumor hotspots

(Florida State University) A Florida State University research team, in coordination with a team from Japan, has found that the epithelial tissues that line the surfaces of organs throughout the body intrinsically have hot spots for cancerous tumors.They discovered this by examining a common household pest -- the fruit fly.
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news