Anti-Cancer Agent Stops Metastasis In Its Tracks

[BERIGAN]

Like microscopic inchworms, cancer cells slink away from tumors to travel and settle elsewhere in the body. Now, researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College report in today's online edition of the journal Nature that new anti-cancer agents break down the looping gait these cells use to migrate, stopping them in their tracks.

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[medjuck]

Wow, I hope this is true. A really good friend of mine has just been diagnosed with cancer.

Edited April 16, 2010 by medjuck

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"This work was funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense."