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The Independent UK
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Nina Massey

Cancers pretend to be ‘super fit’ to steal nutrients from cells, study finds

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Some cancer cells pretend to be “super fit” to fool healthy cells into giving them their nutrients – allowing them to invade the body, researchers have found.

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