Self-perpetuating signals may drive tumor cells to spread
Tuesday, July 16, 2013 - 16:30
in Biology & Nature
Scientists have identified a self-perpetuating signaling circuit inside connective tissue cells that allows these cells to form a front and a back and propel themselves in a particular direction over a long period of time. This propulsion is the same movement that tumor cells use to invade healthy tissue during cancer metastasis so cracking the code to this signaling network may lead to new therapeutic strategies.