Imaging Tumor Angiogenesis with Fluorescent Proteins

July 2004 in “ Apmis ”

Robert M. Hoffman

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Studysummary This review describes three mouse models using fluorescent proteins to image tumor angiogenesis in real-time, but reports no new clinical results.

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