Microvesicles as mediators of intercellular communication in cancer—the emerging science of cellular ‘debris’

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Tae Hoon Lee1, Esterina D’Asti1, Nathalie Magnus1, Khalid Al‐Nedawi1, Brian Meehan1, Janusz Rak1
1Montreal Children’s Hospital Research Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

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