Genes for Smelling Help Cancer Cells Move to the Brain

River D'Almeida, Ph.D
The Reading Frame
Published in
2 min readJan 6, 2022

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Targeting them with drugs could help block metastasis

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From tasting a delicious meal to picking up pheromones, olfaction (or the sense of smell) involves a network of complex physiological pathways. Odor molecules latch on to olfactory receptors in the nose, and the signals are then shuttled off to the part of the brain where…

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River D'Almeida, Ph.D
The Reading Frame

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