Key to how cells, including cancer, migrate and invade the body discovered
Tuesday, February 15, 2011 - 15:30
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers has identified unexpected and powerful cell-regulating functions in a protease known as ADAM 13, a discovery that holds promise for understanding tumor cell migration and the spread of cancer in the body. The finding, reported in the current issue of Developmental Cell, could also help identify genes active in such birth defects as cleft palate.