Four commonly used chemotherapy drugs disrupt birth of new brain cells, shows study

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Researchers have developed a novel animal model showing that four commonly used chemotherapy drugs disrupt the birth of new brain cells, and that the condition could be partially reversed with the growth factor IGF-1.

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