Key Factor That Stimulates Brain Cancer Cells To Spread Identified
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 23:14
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have found that the activity of a protein in brain cells helps stimulate the spread of an aggressive brain cancer called glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). In a move toward therapy, the researchers showed that a small designer protein can block this activity and reduce the spreading of GBM cells grown in the laboratory.
