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Cellular Uncoupling in Cancerous Thyroid Epithelium

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EARLIER work at this laboratory has shown that cancerous liver cells, unlike normal ones, are not in ionic communication with each other1,2. This study has now been extended to another set of epithelial tissues.

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JAMAKOSMANOVIĆ, A., LOEWENSTEIN, W. Cellular Uncoupling in Cancerous Thyroid Epithelium. Nature 218, 775 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/218775a0

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