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23 December 2025
FAK Checker
The most common brain tumour glioblastoma, despite attempts to treat, is usually rapidly lethal (average survival 1–1.5 years) due to highly active glioblastoma stem cells with flexible metabolic needs. Here, in a mouse model, an enzyme called FAK is found to be key in controlling glioblastoma stem cell energy usage and presents a possible target for slowing down deadly cell growth
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- Image from work by Roza H. A. Masalmeh and colleagues
- Cancer Research UK Scotland Centre (Edinburgh), Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Image originally published with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- Published in and on the cover of Disease Models & Mechanisms, November 2025
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