Researchers identify potential new avenue to attack cancer

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Cancer  Tue, 08/11/2009 - 22:00

(Michigan State University) New insight into how human cells reproduce could help scientists move closer to finding an "off switch" for cancer.

Cancer cells divide uncontrollably and can move from one part of the body to another. They undergo dramatic shifts in shape when they do so, said Aaron DeWard, an MSU cell and molecular biology doctoral candidate.

He's trying to figure out how certain proteins trigger cell movement and division and how cancer hijacks the system to create genomic instability.

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