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Scientists Watched a Deadly Cancer Physically Reshape The Brain as It Grew - sciencealert.com
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NewsAPI | Sep 28, 2026 | Michelle Starr
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The brain is a highly complex and organized organ. Another tracked changes in blood volume associated with brain activity, while the third used tiny bubbles injected into the bloodstream to map the network of blood vessels around the tumor in extraordinary detail. And, magnificently, the technique appeared to work. Trimodal ultrasound images show the glioblastoma tumor (orange-red) growing over 11 days in a mouse brain, alongside the surrounding blood vessels (white) and visually evoked brain activity (green). Vascular imaging, captured under anesthesia, revealed blood vessels being displaced and reorganized around the growing tumor.
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