Paving the way for metastasis
Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 21:00
in Health & Medicine
Cancer cells remodel their environment to make it easier to reach nearby blood vessels, new research has found. Studying mice, the researchers found that cancer cells with a particular version of the Mena protein, called MenaINV (invasive), are able to remodel their environment to make it easier for them to migrate into blood vessels and spread through the body.