NIH researchers identify key factor that stimulates brain cancer cells to spread
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - 19:21
in Health & Medicine
Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health 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.