Animal models for cancer research, conceptual illustration. Fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) with malignant (cancerous) tumours in one of its eyes.

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Animal models for cancer research, conceptual illustration. Fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) with malignant (cancerous) tumours in one of its eyes. Model organisms such as fruit flies are used in cancer research to map and model the behaviour of cancers.

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Photo credit: © VIVID BIOLOGY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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